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ORDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 



October 28th, 1914. 

 Mr. W. S. Dun, President, in the Chair. 



The President announced that the Council was prepared to 

 receive applications for four Linnean Macleay Fellowships, 

 tenable for one year from April Isb, 1915, from qualified Candi- 

 dates. Applications should be lodged with the Secretary, who 

 will afford all necessary information to intending Candidates, not 

 later than 30th November, 1914. 



The President called attention to copies of a new issue of the 

 " Scientific Australian," a quarterly journal published by Bishop 

 Bros. (24 Bond Street, Sydney), hitherto devoted to applied 

 science in a popular way, but of which the publishers hoped to 

 extend the scope so as to take in pure science; and to issue it in 

 monthly parts. Such a Journal as was contemplated was very 

 much needed, and was deserving of support. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous 

 Monthly Meeting (30th September, 1914), amounting to 2 Vols., 

 38 Parts or Nos., 19 Bulletins, one Report, and 2 Pamphlets, 

 received from 35 Societies, etc., and one private donoi-, were laid 

 upon the table. 



On the invitation of the President, Dr. T. Mortensen, of 

 Copenhagen, who had been for some time actively interested in 

 the effort of the International Congress of Zoologists to deal with 

 diliiculties of nomenclature, stated his views in opposition to a 

 strict application of the Law of Priority, and in favour of an 

 official list of nomina conservanda. Discussion followed. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Fred Turner exhibited fruits of, and contributed notes on, 

 Fusanus spicatus R.Br., a " Quandong " from the Swan River, 

 Western Australia. The fruit of this small tree is globular, and 



