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Royal Society of New South. Wales, May 7.—Annual1 Meeting.—Prof. Liversidge, F. R. S., President, in the chair.—The Report stated that twelve new members had been elected during the year. One honorary member, the Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, and one corresponding member, Major-General Sir Edward Ward, R.E., had died, and the total number on the roll on April 30 was 461. During the year the Society held eight meetings, at which the following papers were read:— Annual address, by Sir Alfred Roberts. (1) Note on the composition of two sugar plantation soils; (2) well and river waters of New South Wales, by W. A. Dixon. The aborigines of Australia, by W. T. Wyndham. (1) Note on the recent rainstorm; (2) the source of the underground water in the Western Districts, by H. C. Russell, F.R.S. On the high tides of June 15–17, 1889, by John Tebbutt. List of the marine and fresh-water invertebrate fauna of Port Jackson and the neighbourhood, by T. Whitelegge. The eruptive rocks of New Zealand, by Prof. F. W. Hutton. On the application of prismatic lenses for making normal-sight magnifying spectacles, by P. J. Edmunds. Flying machine memoranda, by L. Hargrave. Irrigation in its relation to the pastoral industry of New South Wales, by H. G. McKinney. (1) The analysis of prickly pear; (2) on the occurrence of arabin in prickly pear (Opuntia braziliensis), by W. M. Hamlet. Personal recollections of the aboriginal tribes once inhabiting the Adelaide Plains of South Australia, by E. Stephens. Aids to the sanitation of unsewered districts (poudrette factories), by J. Ashburton Thompson, M. D. Brux. Notes on Goulburn lime, by E. C. Manfred. Notes on some New South Wales minerals, by C. H. Mingaye. The Australian aborigines, by Rev. J. Mathew. The Medical Section held seven meetings, twelve papers were read, and numerous exhibits shown; the Microscopical Section held six meetings. The Clarke Medal for the year 1890 had been awarded to George Bennett, M.D. Univ. Glas. The Society's Bronze Medal and money prize of,£25 had been awarded to J. Whitelegge, Sydney, for list of the marine and fresh-water invertebrate fauna of Port Jackson and neighbourhood; also to Rev. J. Mathew, Coburg, Victoria, for paper on the Australian aborigines; and the Council has since issued the following list of subjects with the offer of the medal and 25 for each of the best researches if of sufficient merit:—To be sent in not later than May 1, 1891: The meteorology of Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania. Anatomy and life-history of the Echidna and Platypus. The microscopic structure of Australian rocks. To be sent in not later than May 1, 1892: On the iron ore deposits of New South Wales. On the effect which settlement in Australia has produced upon indigenous vegetation, especially the depasturing of sheep and cattle. On the coals and coal-measures of Australia.—The Chairman read the Presidential address, and the officers and Council were elected for the ensuing year, Dr. A. Leibius being President.
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Societies and Academies. Nature 42, 535–536 (1890). https://doi.org/10.1038/042535a0
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