ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS. y 



Sept. 3. 10 — On the application of the results of testing Austra- 

 lian timbers to the design and construction of 

 timber structures. By Prof. Warren, M. Inst. C.E., 



Wli. Sc. 



Oct. 1. This evening was occupied with the Discussion upon 

 Prof. Warren's paper, read at the previous meeting. 



Nov. 5. .11— Geological Notes on the Barrier Ranges £ilverfield. 

 By C. W. Marsh. 



,, 12 — Some Folk Songs and Myths from Samoa by Rev. T. 



Powell and Rev. G. Pratt, with an Introduction 

 and Notes by Dr. John Fraser, b.a. 



Dec. 3. 13— The Coal Fields of New South Wales and their 

 associated Eruptive Rocks. By T. W. Edgeworth 

 David, b.a., f.g.s. 



,, 14 — Some remarks on the Australian Languages, By 



Dr. John Fraser, b.a. 



„ 15 — On the 74oz. Compressed-air Flying-machine. By 



Lawrence Hargrave. 



In addition to papers read at the Monthly General Meetings 

 the following is a list of exhibits shown at some of those meetings. 

 They were accompanied with explanatory remarks which greatly 

 added to the interest shown in the same : 



1890. 

 -June 4 — C. Moore, p.l.s., Two new filmy ferns. 



„ H. C Russell, b.a., f.r.s., Meteoric Iron weighing over 



70 lbs., found on the Narraburra Creek in 1854. 

 „ Prof. Anderson Stuart, m.d., Demonstration of the 



working of the valves of the heart through plate glass 



windows tied into the walls of the right auricle and 



ventricle. 



July 2 — Prof. Anderson Stuart, A new mode of demonstrating 

 the manner in which the mind judges of the position 

 of objects in the outer world. 



