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means of mercury. The injection had been made in tlie Univer- 

 sity Laboratory by Miss Rees. 2. Pnjf. Ewart showed 

 transverse sections of wood mounted as lantern slides. Dr. H. 

 Green showed a new form of barometer devised by himself. 

 4. Mr. O. A. Sayce showed slides of Nitrogen bacteria of the 

 soil and explained the mode of obtaining pure cultures. 5. Mr. 

 Kershaw showed the fore-limb of an ox in which the two digits 

 had fused to form a single bone with a single hoof. 



September 12th — A series of lantern slides illustrating the 

 geology and physiography of the Victorian coast was exhibited 

 by R. H. Harvey and T. S. Hall. 



October 10 — Paper read : "The Geology of Moorooduc in the 

 Mornington Peninsula," by Prof. E. W. Skeats. Exhibits : Mr. 

 E. J. Dunn exhibited : 1. Eclogite from Transvaal ; 2. Thoria- 

 nite from Ceylon ; 3. Monazite from Queensland. Mr. T. S. 

 Hall exhibited abnormally grown teeth of a rabbit and teeth of 

 shark, walrus, horse and crocodile in illustration of his remarks. 



November 14th — Members of the House and Printing Com- 

 mittee for the following year were elected. Papers read : 

 1. "On the Formation of Red-wood in Gymnosperms," by Miss J. 

 AV^hite, M.Sc. 2. "On the Validity of Callitris morrisoui," by 

 R. T. Baker. 3. " Contributions t(» the Flora of Australia, Part 

 7," by Prof. A. J. Ewart. 4. " On the Occurrence of a Mar- 

 'iupium in an Echinoid belonging to the (xenus Scutellina," by 

 T. S. Hall. Exhibits : 1. Mr. Hall showed specimens in illus- 

 tration of his paper. 2. Mr. Chapman showed devitritird glass 

 from the great tire of CLiicago, together witli microscope slides of 

 the same. 



Deceml)er 12th — The auditors were appointed for the year. 

 The following papers were read: — 1. "Contributions to our 

 knowledge of the Anatomy of Australian Batrachia," by Miss G. 

 JSweet, D.Sc. 2. " The Highlands and Main Divide of Westei-n 

 Victoria," by T. 8. Hart, M.A., E.G. 8. 3. " New or little-known 

 Victorian Fossils in the National Museum, Pt. IX." — Some 

 Tertiary Species, by F. Chapman, A.L.S. Exhibits: Mr. 

 Chapman showed the species dealt with in his paper. 



The Council desires to thank Mr. A. C. H. Rothera, and Dr. 

 R. J. Bull for the lectures tliey delivered before memlx-rs of the 

 Society. 



