310 PROCEEDINGS. 



Osborn, A. F., Assoc. M. Inst. C.E.; Cowra. 



Pridham, Theodore, Assoc, m. Inst. c.E.; Dulwich Hill. 

 Robjohns, Rev. Henry Thomas, b.a. Lond., m.a. Syd.; Waverley. 



Eighteen volumes, one hundred and twenty parts, seventeen 

 pamphlets, and fifteen meteorological charts received as donations 

 since the last meeting were laid upon the table and acknowledged. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " Notes on the use, construction, and cost of service reser- 



voirs in New South Wales," by C. W. Darley, m. Inst. c.E. 



2. " Some Folk-songs and Myths from Samoa," translated by 



the Rev. G. Pratt, with Introductions and Notes by John 

 Fraser, ll.d. 



WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER £ 1891. 



H. C. Russell, b.a., c.m,g., f.r.s., President, in the Chair. 



Thirty-one members and three visitors were present. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 



The certificates of three new candidates were read for the third 

 time, of eight for the second time, and of one for the first time. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members 

 of the Society : — 



Dickinson, T.; Sydney. 



Shaw, Percy "William, c.E.; Sydney. 



Walsh, Henry Deane, b.e., t.c. Dub., m. Inst. c.E.; Newcastle. 



Eleven volumes, eighty three parts, and five pamphlets, received 

 as donations since the last meeting, were laid upon the table and 

 acknowledged. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. "Artesian Water in New South Wales " — Preliminary Notes 



by Prof. T. W. E. David, b.a., f.g.s. 



2. "On the constitution of the Sugar Series," by W. M. Hamlet 



F.C.S., F.I.C. 



