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unlikely that the parasite would take a different form in one 

 of the herrings on which the fish lived. 



Dr. RALrH said that in the bladder of a fro^ would at 

 times be found a very beautiful Distome. It was twenty 

 years ago since he first saw it. It was above a quarter of an 

 inch in length, and beautifully transparent. The ova could 

 be seen through the integuments, and also the embryos 

 struggling in the bod}' of the parasite. 



Mr. Dendy said that in the University laboratory they had 

 found ver}^ few specimens of the Distome in the frog. It was 

 i-emarkable that in the Australian frog, the worm had only 

 two suckers, while the English one had five. 



Mr. Fenton read a paper on " The Calculimetre." 



A long discussion ensued, in which the President and 

 Messrs. White, Love, and Marks took part. 



Thursday, August 8th. 

 The President (Professor Kernot) in the chair. 



The minutes of the preceding Meeting were read and con- 

 firmed. 



Mr. Frank Cole was nominated as a Member; Rev. Lorimer 

 Fison, Rev. Dr. Bevan, Mr. Maloney, and Mr. W. W. Harris as 

 Associates. 



The President stated that the first business meeting of 

 Section G would take place on Friday, the 23rd instant. 



Dr. Neild then read the Libraiy report, which showed that 

 sixty-two publications had been added to the Library during 

 the past month. 



The President called the attention of Members to a paper 

 which had reached them that evening, from the Hon. 

 Dr. Agnew. The paper had been read before the Australasian 

 Association in Sydney last year. The subject was "The last 

 of the Tasmanians." The last of the Tasmanians was an old 

 lady, Truganini. Her husband who, he thought, had departed 

 this life before her, was known as King Billy. Accompanying 

 the paper was a large photograph of the latter. He thought 

 the information contained in the paper was of great value 

 and interest, as bearing upon the last survivors of the race. 



