BY JOSEPH LAUTERER, M.D. XIX 



Mr. De Vis, the excellent Australian specialist on bones 

 and birds, has worked out the bones and teeth (partly in aanall 

 fragments) from the Post Tertiary localities. He described and 

 named two extinct species of varanus (iguanas) ; an alligator, 

 from Eight-mile Plains and the Condamine ; 23 extinct species 

 of birds, including 2 emus, 1 moa-bird {Dinornis Queemlandia;); 

 and 1 extinct kiwi {Metapteryse bifrons) from the Darling Downs. 

 An extinct platypus, 2 wombats, a new Nototherium, two species 

 of the new genus Enowenia, 4 new phalangerid;e, five new 

 species of fossil kangaroos, an extinct fresh water dugong, 

 and a fossil peccari have been described and named also 

 by our ever-working Curator of the P>risbane Museum. 



The Geological Museum of Brisbane, created by Mr. Jack, 

 contains a really splendid and well arranged collection of 

 everything appertaining to tbeoretical and practical geology. 

 It is a credit to Mr. Jack and his staff, and a boon to the 

 student of geology. And it attracts students, too. Mr. Shirley, 

 whose Lichen Flora of Queensland has been mentioned, has 

 looked through the museum and has already described and 

 named some new species of plants which he found in the 

 collection. My private collection of fossils from Ipswich and 

 Brisbane will be described as soon as knowledge and time 

 allows. 



Mr. R. L. Jack moved, and Mr. L. A. Bernays seconded, 

 a vote of thanks to Dr. Lauterer for his Address. The motion 

 was carried by acclamation. 



The following Officers were elected for the year 1897 : — 

 President, C. J. Pound, F.R.M.S.; Vice-Prcndent, S. B. J. 

 Skertchly ; Hon. Treasurer, Hon. A, Norton, M.L.C. ; Hon. 

 Secretary, J. F. Bailey ; Hon. Lihrarian, A. J. Norton ; Memben 

 of ( \nincil, F. M. Bailey, F.L.S., R. Edwards, P. R. Gordon, J. 

 Shirley, B.Sc, A. Jefferis Turner, M.D.; Hon. Auditor, A. J. 

 Turner. 



A vote of thanks was accorded to the retiring Officers, and 

 the proceedings then terminated. 



