10 ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS. 



July 2 — Prof. Anderson Stuart, Working models demonstrating 

 the value of the spinal curves in diminishing the evil 

 effects of mechanical violence. 

 ,, Rev. Robert Harley, m.a., Oxon., f.r.s., Charles, Third 



Earl Stanhope's Arithmetical Machine, bearing date 

 1780, also his Demonstrator, an instrument for the 

 performance of logical operations. 



Sept. 3 — Prof. Threlfall, m.a., Enlargement of a negative of 

 Fresiiel's Interference bands, for lecture purposes. 

 ,, C. L. Garland, m.l.a., Edison's latest perfected Phono- 



graph. 



Nov. 5 — H. C. Russell, b.a., c.m.g., f.r.s., Some of the surprising 

 Star photographs recently taken at Sydney Obser- 

 vatory. 



Attendance of Members. — It is gratifying to record here that 

 the attendance of members and visitors at our eight monthly 

 meetings last year has been very good, and a vast improvement 

 on former years, which I sincerely hope may be maintained during 

 the current year. It is an encouragement to those of our members 

 who are able and willing to produce papers for our monthly 

 meetings to know that they will have good audiences to listen to,, 

 and- — still better — to discuss their papers. 



I look forward to a large increase in the number of working 

 members in the near future, when the splendid educational advan- 

 tages which this colony now offers, both through the University 

 and the Technical College, have produced their anticipated results. 



Clarke Medal. — At the meeting of the Council on the 26th 

 November last, it was unanimously resolved that the Clarke 

 Memorial Medal for 1891 be awarded to Professor F. W. Hutton 

 f.g.s., Canterbury College, Christchurch, New Zealand, in recog_ 

 nition of his long continued scientific labours and more particularly 

 on account of his invaluable contributions to the geology and 

 natural history of New Zealand. 



Library and Exchanges. — As stated already we are endeavour- 

 ing to increase our Library, both by the purchase of books and 



