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Ml-. David G. Stead exhibited some aboriginal remains dis- 

 covered in an immense deposit of oyster and cockle shells at 

 Anderson's Creek or Broadwater Inlet, Macleay River. The 

 remains were found near the bottom of the deposit, about five 

 feet above present high-water level. The deposit is from three to 

 five feet in depth, and carries a covering of about two feet of 

 sand anfl alluvial soil; fully 5,000 tons of shell have been removed 

 fi'om it for ovster culture. The remains were, unfortunately, 

 damaged by the pick before being observed. Mr. Stead also 

 exhibited oyster shells, obtained from an extensive deposit on a 

 crescent-sloped ridge on the farm of Mr. Wilbert Clegg, on the 

 eastern bank of Warrell Creek, ZSTambucca River, about 15 miles 

 from its entrance. The deposit is at least 150 yards in length, 

 and from 20 to 30 feet wide, and 2 feet deep, and is covered 

 with about 2 feet of stripping, consisting of decomposed vegetable 

 matter and sand, and lies on a bottom of clay and gravel, about 

 20 feet above the high-water level of the Creek. It will be 

 observed that many of the oysters are stunted in growth, and 

 have originally adhei'ed to mangrove "cobbler's pegs." No oyster 

 growth exists at the present day within many miles in Warrell 

 Creek. It may be stated that other and larger deposits exist in 

 the vicinity, some of them lying fully half a mile east from the 

 existing Crt:ek. There is a tradition amongst the aborigines 

 that, at one time, the Narabucca River debouched at Scott's 

 Head, which lies between 2 and 3 miles N.E. from the deposits 

 under reference. 



Mr. E. Cheel exhibited a series of specimens of Daldinia concen- 

 trica Bolt., collected from living "River She-oak," Casuarina 

 Cunninghamiana Mii]., in the bed of Jellore Creek, at the foot 

 of Mount Jellore. The specimens were quite soft when collected, 

 and sections were cut to show the internal structure. The perfect 

 specimens have shed a dense mass of nearly black spores. Old 

 specimens were also collected from a decaying log at Upper 

 Fern-tree Gully, Victoria, in February, 1908. 



Mr. G. A. VVaterhouse exhibited a coloured drawing of the 

 hitherto unique type($) of Cycfopides (■ruites Hewitson, from 



