PROCEEDINGS, 1905. EART 1. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Presidential Address, delivered at the Thirtieth Annual Ganeral 



Meeting, March 29th, 1905. By Dr. T. Storie Dixson 2 



Abstract of a Lecture entitled "Our First Line of Defence against 

 Microbic Attacks," delivered by R. Greig Smith, D. Sc, Macleay 

 liacteriologist to the Society ... ... ... ... ... ... 26 



Cotany of North-Western New South Wales. By Fred. Turner, 



F.L.S., F.R.H.S., etc. (Platei.) 32 



Contribution to our Knowledge of the Physiology of the Pancreas. 

 By H. G. Chapman, M.D., B.S. (From the Physiological 

 Laboratory of the University of Sydney). ... ... ... .. 9^2 



Revisional Notes on Australian Carabidce. Part ii. By Thomas G. 



Sloane 103 



The Possible Relationship between Bacteria and the Gum of Hakea 

 maligna (Bac. liseudarabinus ii., n.sp.). By R. Greig Smith, 

 D.Sc, Macleay Bacteriologist to the Society 130 



The Origin of Natural Immunity towards the Putrefactive Bacteria. 



By R. Greig Smith, D.Sc, Macleay Bacteriologist to the Society. 149 



The Probable Bacterial Origin of the Gum of Linseed Mucilage. 

 {Bacilli lini, i-ii., n.spp. ). By R. Greig Smith, D.Sc, Macleay 

 Bacteriologist to the Society 161 



Balance Sheet, &c 28 



Elections and Announcements 27,31,102,176 



Notes and Exhibits 101,175 



Special General Meeting ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 



Supplement (issued separately)— Australian Carabidce: Check-List. 

 Part i. Subfamily Carahhw. By Thomas G. Sloane. 



