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NOTES AND EXHIBITS, 



Mr. Steel exhibited a vivarium containing six or eight speci- 

 mens of the jST.S.W. Peripatus with their progeny, about thirty- 

 six young, born within the past fortnight, after the mothers had 

 been in captivity for about 10 months. The exhibitor stated 

 that he had had the pleasure of witnessing the natural birth of 

 numbers of these young. In the same vivarium was a young 

 Peripatus, the survivor of a number born 10 months ago in 

 captivity. Mr. Steel also showed the nodule from Macdonnell 

 Ranges exhibited at last meeting, which had been identified by 

 Mr. Cooksey, of the Australian Museum, as an obsidian bomb; 

 and a little volcanic bomb from one of the small extinct volcanoes 

 near Auckland, IST.Z., where they are common, of all sizes. 



Messrs. Maiden and Baker exhibited a series of botanical 

 specimens in illustration of their papers. 



Dr. Broom sent for exhibition specimens of the bone breccia 

 from Taralga, with the lower jaws of the fossil Marsupials 

 described by him, in situ. 



Mr. Hamilton sent for exhibition a series of fresh leaves of a 

 number of plants in illustration of his paper. 



