evory misoii to beIiov(j ilie futuro work of tlie Society ^^ill I 

 increasini,fly productive of pr;ictical good, e<|uti]ly in tlie iiiteresi 

 of i)ui'e and applied sciojice. Many men hnvi-. tln-diigli it bee 



It is to be hojied that the iniprovemonts made in tlie teachin 

 of science at the University may have a Ijeneficial etiect upon th 

 progress of science in Australia, since but a comparatively few c 

 the rising generation have had the necessary training to enab] 

 them to take part in scientitic investigations— certain branches ( 



years of the B.A. course ; the Science and Engineering cnuvM 



students, so that they in 



y 1).- brltrr llrtrd to enter uiK.n the .Ludy 



of the more prof<'.Monal 





Tt is evident that iu a 



vcuin-^ e<,mmunity like ours, pos^^ssing 



great and ahnostunknox 





for their devdopn>ent 



1h> skilful application of science, it is 



necessary that a Society 



dcNOted to the cultivation of science in a 



comparatively small com 



nunity nmst have a wider sphere of action 



whcKe each branch can be dealt with by its separate Association. 

 With the view of extending the work of the Society in various 

 branches of Science, provision was made in 1876 for the formation 

 of Sections, each with its own Chairman, Secretary, and Managing 

 Committee. For the first few years the following Committees 

 met regularly, and did much useful work, but as time went on 



