ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. X. 
The main business of the evening was a discussion 
on the paper: ‘“‘A Tick-resistant Condition in Cattle,” 
by Prof. T. H. Johnston and Miss M. J. Bancroft. Those 
who took part were Prof. Johnston, Messrs. C. J. Pound, 
F.R.M.S., and Munro- Hull. 
ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, 26TH May, 1919. 
The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Royal Society 
of Queensland was held on Monday, 26th May, at 8 p.m., 
in the Geology Lecture Theatre, University. 
Mr. H. A. Longman, President, in the chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and 
confirmed. 
Mr. R. A. Wearne, B.A., was elected to ordinary 
membership of the Society. 
Mr. F. L. Berney was proposed for membership by 
Dr. J. Shirley and Mr. E. H. Gurney. 
Dr. Shirley exhibited specimens of the following rare 
marine shells of Queensland : 
Columbarium spinicinctum Mart., Conus coccineus 
Gmel., “Conus cuviert Crosse, Conus tenwistriatus Sby., 
Drillia livida Gmel., Mitra peasei Dohrn, Natica 
columnaris Reclus. 
Mr. H. A. Longman exhibited a portion of a Cetacean 
cranium, allied to Delphinus delphis but too fragmentary 
to be specifically determined, which had been found at a 
depth of fifteen feet during excavations at Luggage Point, 
Moreton Bay. 
Mr. C. D. Gillies read a paper by Mr. C. T. White and 
himself “‘“On the Occurrence of Abortive Styles in 
Buckinghamia celsissima F. v. M.’ Dr. Shirley, Messrs. 
Longman and Gillies took part in the discussion which 
followed. 
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