WEDNESDAY, 31st AUGUST, 1887. 



The President, Professor Stephens, M.A., F.G.S., in the Chair. 



A letter was read from the Secretary of the Royal Society of 

 Adelaide, expressing regret that the proposal to have Special 

 Meetings and Excursions in Adelaide during this month (see 

 our Abstract for 29th June) had been abandoned. Members of 

 this Society able to visit Adelaide will nevertheless be cordially 

 welcomed, and efforts will be made to make the ordinary Meetings 

 and Excursions especially interesting. 



The President announced that two Excursions had been arranged 

 for the ensuing month : — 



(1.) September lOtli — Members to meet at the Redfern Rail- 

 way Station, to proceed by the 8-15 a.m. train to the 

 watering-station beyond Berowra, Hawkesbury Line. 



(2.) September 24th — Members to meet at the Redfern Rail- 

 way Station, to proceed by the 9 a.m. train to St. Mary's. 



DONATIONS. 



"Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, 1886." Nos. 

 4 and 5 ; Vol. XIX., No. 2 (1887). From the Society. 



" Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 

 College." Vol. XITL, No. 4 (1887). From the Curator. 



" Comptes Rendus des Seances de lAcadeniie des Sciences, 

 Paris." Tome CIV, Nos. 18-23 (1887) ; " Tables des Comptes," 

 etc., Second Semestre, 1886. Tome CIII. From the Academy. 



