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Messrs. G. H. Gibson. M.B.. CM . V. Dunbnhin. .M.A.. 

 R. B. ^Jontfj;oii!ery, A. K. Tucker. ;iii(l .) . .Mooro IJobiiison were 

 elected l'Vll()\v>. 



The ( hairniiin infoinied the nieoting that Bishop Mniit- 

 gonieiy had ]jrescuted thus portfolio to the Society, autl with 

 that knowicflgc it would be unwise to dispose of it. Thits waa 

 approved by the Fellows. 



The following papers were read: — 



"Further Notes on the Habits of the Tasmanian Ab- 

 origines," by Fritz Noetling, M.A., Ph.D. 



" NoLes on tlie Sei)tiuii nt" Tiichosurus canina," by Prof. 

 T. T. Flynn, B.So. 



Mr. L. Rodway exhibited a specimen of a fungus new to 

 Tasniiiiiia. It was known as Geoglossum hirsutum. and 

 tlioiigh it had been described from Australia, it had never 

 proviou.sly been found in Tasmania. He also showed a bpeci- 

 men of a plant named Thismia rodwayi, which he had hi'st 

 found in 1890 on Mount Wellington. It lived in the ground, 

 running along in the humus, and subsisted on the decaying 

 vegetable matter in the soil. There were nine members of 

 the genus, but they were all inhabitants of the tropics. TTiis 

 plant had never l>een found in Au.stralia or Northern Tasmania, 

 and it was very curious that a jilant which belonged to an 

 essentially tropical genu.s should ho found in Southern Tas- 

 mania, and nowhere else in Australia. He expected, liow- 

 evei', that careful research would «show that the plajit existed 

 in, Australia. Ft belongs to the family Burmanniaceae, which 

 adjoins the Orchidefe. 



Mr. G. Jjrettinghani-Moore exhibited a hollowed .stone, 

 which he thought showed trace.s of human handiwork. He had 

 found it on Maria Island. 



Dr. Noetling said that he thought the stone showed traces 

 of human workmanship, and lie did not think ;t could have 

 been due to Europeans. He could not, however, suggest any 

 use, from what was known of' the natives, to which it could 

 have l>ecn put. 



Mr. L. Rodway said that he did not know of any edible 

 seed.s which the natives were likely to use for food, and he 

 did not know of any article of their food which would be likely 

 to he pounded in the stone, unless it wa^ fern roots. 



Professor Flynn considered that the stone was purely a 

 natural phenomenon, and was not due to human agency. 



Dr. Noetlinsi exhibited a number of stones which showed 

 traces of glacial action. it had been found in South 

 Australia that there were indications of a glacial period 

 at an age wiien life in any form had not yet appeared 

 on the globe. The boulder clays in which these .stones 

 were found showed signs of having undergone great changes 

 due to lateral pre.ssure. Many stones or pebbles were 

 embedded in glacial ice, and when that ice travelled over hard 

 surfaces these pebbles became marked with utria?, which were 

 uamistakablt". I'liere was no other agency known whicli could 



