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wards to the E-ural Deanery of the same district. After ten 

 years of hard work in this place, he retired to Burwood, near 

 Sydney, giving assistance to the incumbent. A few days before 

 his death he was stricken with paralysis, and passed away ou 

 March 14th, 1893. 



Dr. "Woolls was elected Fellow in 1865 ; besides his contri- 

 butions to contemporary literature, he was a prominent member 

 of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



June 1st, 1893. 

 Prof. Chaeles Stewart, President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the Anniversary Meeting, 24th May, were 

 read and confirmed. 



Messrs. Eichard Assheton, "Walter Godfrey Axford, .Joseph 

 Gabriel, and Harold W. S. Wager were elected Pellows. 



The President nominated Mr. John Grilbert Baker, Mr. William 

 Carruthers, Mr. Prank Crisp, and Dr. Albert C. L. G. Giinther to 

 be Vice-Presidents for the ensuing year. 



Dr. John Lowe exhibited specimens of Hibiscus Horn sine?isis 

 and Abutilon frondosum (?), in which the petals had been punc- 

 tured by the Blackcap (Salvia africapilla), causing the exudation 

 of a viscid secretion, attractive to insects on which the bird preys. 

 This habit of the Blackcap is believed to have been previously 

 unrecorded. The observations in question were made at Oro- 

 tava, Teneriffe, during the month of March last. 



The President announced that a letter had been received from 

 the Lower Ehine Natural History and Medical Society, inviting 

 the attendance of Fellows at their 75th Annual Meeting to be 

 holden at Bonn on the 2nd July next. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On some Polynesian Plants collected by J. Lister." By 

 W. B. Hemsley, F.E.S., A.L.S. 



2. " A Eevision of the Fossil Genus Nipadites, Bowerb." By 

 A. B. Eendle, F.L.S. 



3. " Observations on the Temperature of Trees in Colorado." 

 By Dr. Carl Baur. (Communicated by Dr. M. T. Masters, 

 F.E.S., F.L.S.) 



4. " On the Manner of Feeding in Testacella scutulum.'' By 

 Wilfred Mark AVebb, F.L.S. 



