The monthly meeting of the Society was held on Friday, loth 

 May, 1884. The President J. Bancroft, Esq., M. t)., in the 

 chair. 



William Kew, Esq., Brisbane, was elected a member of the 

 Society. 



The following donations were announced: — 



1. "Annual Report of the Department of Mines, New South 

 Wales, for 1883. Sydney, 1884. From Mr. L. A. Bernays, 

 F.L.S. 



2. " Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tas- 

 mania," for 1883. Hobarton, 1884. From the Society. 



3. " Eighteenth Report of the Acclimatization Society.'* 

 Brisbane, 1884, From the Society. 



4. " Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of 

 Victoria," Vol. XX. Melbourne, 1884. From the Society. 



5. " The Victorian Naturalist," Vol. I., Nos. 1 — 6. Melbourne, 

 1884. From the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria. 



6. " Results of Rain and River Observations made in New 

 South Wales, during 1883," by H. C. Russell, B.A., F.R. A.S., etc., 

 Sydney, 1884. From the Author. 



7. " New Double Stars," by H. C. Russell, B.A., F.R.A.S., etc. 

 Proceedings Boyal Society, N.S.W., bth Sept., 1883. From the 

 Author. 



