ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. Xi 
A paper by Dr. T. L. Bancroft entitled ‘‘Some 
Further Observations on the Dawson River Barramundi: 
Scleropages leichhardtu,’’ was communicated by the Hon. 
Seeretary. The author concludes that the following facts 
have been ascertained :—Barramundi carries the spawn in 
its mouth; October is the spawning season; fish when 
meshed, eject the spawn; sexually mature fish are not 
meshed in a net of 3-inch mesh; fish secured in the bunt 
of a drag-net would retain the ova and young fish in their 
mouths. 
Mr. W. H. Bryan, M.Se., read a paper entitled ‘‘An 
Unusual Tourmaline-albite Rock from Enoggera, Queens- 
land.’’ This curious rock, found by Mr. Bryan near the 
contact of the Enoggera granite with the Brisbane schist, 
is composed entirely of tourmaline and albite. It shows 
a pronounced schistose structure. The only other rock of 
the same constitution previously described is found in 
Cornwall, England. 
The President exhibited specimens of carbonaceous 
earth found at Samford where a bush fire had ignited it. 
The earth continued to burn for some week afterwards, 
and deposited a substance with the appearance of baked 
clay. 
The President, Messrs. F. Bennett, R. A. Wearne, and 
W. H. Bryan took part in the discussion on the papers. 
ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, 27TH JUNE, 1923. 
The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Royal Society 
of Queensland was held in the Geology Lecture Theatre of 
the University at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, 27th June, 1923. 
The President, Dr. HE. ©; Marks, B.A., B.K., MD, 
who was in the chair, announced that His Excellency, Six 
Matthew Nathan, had expressed his regret at being unable 
to attend through indisposition. 
The minutes of the previous monthly meeting were 
read and confirmed. 
A paper by T. G. Jones, B.Sc., A.I.C., and F. B. Smith. 
B.Se., F.I.C., entitled, ‘‘Notes on the Essential Oil of 
