MONDAY, 30th DECEMBER, 1889. 



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



Dr. W. Lloyd Mathias was present as a visitor. 



Dr. N. A. Cobb was elected a member of the Society. 



The President announced that the Annual Meeting would be 

 held on Wednesday evening, January 29th, 1890, to take prece- 

 dence of the Ordinary Monthly Meeting on the same date. 



DONATIONS. 



A Pamphlet entitled " Root Matters in Social and Economic 

 Problems." By R. M. Johnston, F.L.S. From the Royal Society 

 of Tasmania. 



" Zoologischer Anzeiger." XII. Jahrg., Nos. 319,320 and 

 321 (1889). From the Editor. 



"Journal of Morphology." Vol. III., No. 1 (June, 1889). 

 From Dr. W. A. Haswell, M.A. 



" Report of the First Meeting of the Australasian Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, held at Sydney, N.S.W., in 

 August and September, 1888." From the Association. 



