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Mr. David G. Stead sent for exhibition the jaws of a great 

 Ocean Sun-Fish, Mola mola (Linn.), which had been driven 

 ashore by sharks on the night of the 20th May, at Bondi, near 

 Sydney. While still in the surf, it was secured by Mr. E. S. 

 Courtne}'^, who, with the assistance of a number of other gentle- 

 men, dragged it up on the beach. A series of measurements was 

 taken, the morning after capture : total length (including caudal 

 fin) 8 feet 7 inches; length of caudal fin, 1ft. 11^ in.; distance 

 from point of snout to vertical from dorsal fin, 4 ft. 11 in.; 

 diameter of eye, 4 in.; width of mouth, 5|in.; diameter of gill- 

 opening, — ; depth of fish through eye, 3 ft. \^ in.; depth 

 through gill-opening, 3ft. 9^in.; depth of body at anus, 4ft. Tin.; 

 distance from point of dorsal fin to point of vertical fin, 9ft. lOin.; 

 distance from upper margin of eye to dorsal profile of head, 7^in.; 

 greatest thickness (at pectoral fin), 1 ft. 11 in.; girth at eye, 6 ft. 

 8 in.; girth at base of pectoral fin, 9 ft.; girth at base of dorsal 

 fin, 11 ft.; height of dorsal fin, 3 ft. 2|^in.; height of anal fin, 

 3 ft. If in.; length of pectoral fin, 1 ft. If in.; greatest width of 

 pectoral fin, ll|in.; greatest width of dorsal fin, 2ft.; greatest 

 width of anal fin, 2ft.; depth of caudal fin, 3 ft. 10 in.; supra- 

 orbital ridge very strongly developed. 



Mr. Fletcher read extracts from a letter written by Mr. F. 

 Foskett Milford, and kindly communicated by Mr. T. H. Smith, of 

 Manly, by the co-operation of Mr. W. Houston, of the Land Court 

 of New South Wales, upon the occurrence of freshwater eels in 

 Norfolk Island. Mr. Milford, formerly a resident on the island, 

 stated that, during a period of drought, he had seen large fresh- 

 water eels stranded opposite Deastey's place in the drain known 

 as the water-mill; and that he had been reliably informed of their 

 occurrence in a deep pool, perhaps 12 feet or thereabouts in 

 depth, about 70 yards from the clifi" where the Cascades waterfall 

 is in evidence. Marine eels, on the other hand, particularly the 

 green eel, were to be caught all round the island from the water's- 

 edge to three miles off or even more. 



[Printed ofT July 12th, 1910.] 



