ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. XVit 
extent of £ for £ of the amount expended in printing up 
to £150 per annum. The deputation consisted of Professors 
Richards and Goddard and himself. 
Mr. H. A. Longman, F.L.S., exhibited a sub-fossil 
aboriginal mandible, dredged with sand and gravel from the 
Brisbane River near Indooroopilly Bridge and presented to 
the Queensland Museum by Dr. E. 8. Jackson, which was 
within the range of variation of present-day specimens. 
He also exhibited a young Pteropus poliocephalus (head 
and body 155 mm. in length), which was attached to its 
mother when shot during flight. 
Mr. 8B. Dunstan, Chief Government Geologist, 
delivered a lecture entitled “‘Some New Ideas on the 
Artesian System.’’? His remarks were illustrated by a 
series of coloured lantern slides. Messrs. Tibbits, Prof. 
Richards, J. B. Henderson, Prof. Goddard, and the Presi- 
dent took part in the discussion on the subject. 
A paper by T. G. Jones, B.Se., and F. B. Smith, B.Se., 
entitled ‘‘The Composition of the Volatile Oil of the Leaf 
of Daphnandra aromatica,’? was tabled and taken as read. 
