abstract of proceedings. 

 Abstract of Proceedings, 30th April, 1917. 



The monthly meeting was held in the Geology Lecture 

 Theatre, in the University, at 8 p.m. 



Mr. E. H. Gurney, President, in the chair. 



The President referred to the loss sustained by the 

 Society in the death of the Rev. George Brown, D.D., who 

 had been a corresponding member since 1910. 



The minutes of the previous ordinary meeting were 

 read and confirmed. 



Dr. John Harris was elected an ordinary member and 

 Miss M. Walker an associate member of the Society. Mr. 

 R. Graff was proposed as an associate member. 



The meeting being a special meeting the following 

 alterations to rules were carried : 



Rule C. Delete the words " or students at a recognised 

 Educational Institution." 



Rule. 15. Instead of the words " a Vice-President," to 

 read " two Vice-Presidents, one of whom shall be the re- 

 tiring President." 



Rule 17. To read " The Officers and Council, other 

 than the retiring President, who becomes, ex officio, a 

 Vice-President, shall. . 



The following papers ivere read : 



1. The pectoral girdle and vetebral column of 



Hyla ccerulea, by C. D. Gillies, M.Sc, and Edna F. 

 Peberdy. 

 Remarks were made by Dr. Johnston, Mr. Walkom, 

 Dr. Richards, and Mr, Tryon. 



2. Description of a new shell from Caloundra, by 



Charles Hedley (communicated h\ Dr. T. H. 

 Johnston). 



Exhibits. — 



Dr. Richards exhibited two small Obsidian Buttons 

 or Austrahtes found in a tin of cassiterite crystals presented 

 to the University by Mrs. H. L. Saunders. The specimens 

 were not labelled, but were associated with Queensland 

 minerals, so that their possible Queensland occurrence is 



