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axonid Sponges described as new in Lendenf eld's 'Catalogue of 

 the Sponges in the Australian Museum', ' the results of his work 

 for the two previous years. They were published in Part 2 of 

 last year's Proceedings. Having completed this complicated 

 and perplexing piece of work, Mr Kallmann has been enabled 

 to start anew on his investigation of the Monaxonida; and he 

 has a paper almost ready for publication. 



Mr. W. N. Benson, Linnean Macleay Fellow in Geology, who 

 has completed his first year's work, contributed a short paper 

 entitled " Petrological Notes on various New South Wales 

 Rocks," vvhich has been published in Parts 2-3 of last year's 

 volume. His time has been devoted chiefly to the continuation 

 of his study of the geology and petrology of the Great Serpentine- 

 Belt of New South Wales; and Part iv., of his series of papers, 

 dealing with the dolerites, spilites, and keratophyres of the 

 Nundle District, has been completed, and will be taken at the 

 Meeting in May. About eighty square miles in the Tamworth- 

 Moonbi District have been mapped topographically and geologi- 

 cally, special attention being given to the stratigraphical suc- 

 cession. Later on, Mr. Benson hopes to extend the horizons 

 discovered, northward into the Attunga District, and southwards 

 towards Bowling Alley Point. This investigation, when com- 

 pleted, should pave the way for a revision of the stratigraphy of 

 the Nundle District, which, in the light of new facts, promises 

 to be more complex than was at first supposed Professor David, 

 who has recently had the opportunity of accompanying Mr. 

 l3enson over the specially critical portion of the area which the 

 latter is studying, has been good enough to inform the Council 

 that he can speak in the highest terms of the work which Mr. 

 Benson is undertaking, and of the way in which he is carrying 

 it out. 



For the second time, the Council was able to offer four Linnean 

 Macleay Fellowships in October, 1914. Four applications were 

 received. I have now the pleasure of making the first public 

 announcement of the Council's re-appointment of Dr. J. M, 

 Petrie, Mr. E. F. Hallmann, and Mr. W. N. Benson to Linnean 

 Macleay Fellowships in Biochemistry, Zoology, and Geology, and 



