48 EXHIBITS. 
Mr. A. Norton exhibited samples of a schistose rock from 
Gladstone, likely to prove of economic value as a flag-stone. 
A fine pair of Phalacrognathus Miilleri, A/acl., the re- 
cently described lucanid beetle from North Queensland ; 
a set of native grinding stones from the neighbourhood of 
Goondiwindi, sent by P. W. Pears, Esq.; and the contents 
of the gizzard of an Ibis, among which are large grains of 
gold, were shown by Mr. De Vis, who also exhibited the 
fossils illustrating his paper, and skulls of Dicotyles, 
Babiroussa, and the pig of New Guinea. 
FRIDAY, 4TH JUNE, 1886. 
THE PRESIDENT, L. A.-BERNAYS, ESQ., F.L.S., ETC., IN 
THE CHAIR. 
FORBES’ FUND. 
Mr. H. Tryon, the Treasurer of the Forbes’ Expedition 
Aid Fund, stated that the subscriptions promised towards 
the Fund amounted to £142 17s. 6d., and that a greater 
part of this sum had been received. 
NEW MEMBERS. 
Dr. W. C. C. MacDonald, Ingham, and Mr. E. B. Lindon, 
A.R.S.M., Brisbane. 
DONATIONS. 
“Russkago Geographeskago Obshtchestva,” Tom. XII., 
Pt. 1. St. Petersburg, 1886. From the Sociéte Imperiale 
Russe de Geographie. 
“Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical Society 
of Edinburgh,” Vol. XV., Pt. 2. Edinburgh, 1885. From 
the Society. 
‘Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society,” Vol. 
I., No. 2. Bombay, 1886. From the Society. 
‘“Natuorkundig Tydschrift voor Nederlandsche-Indie.” 
Deel. XLV. Batavia, 1886. From the Natural History 
Society, Batavia. 
‘Descriptive Notes on Papuan Plants,” No. VIII., by F. 
von Mueller, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., Ph. and M.D., etc. Mel- 
bourne, 1886. From the Author. 
