ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS.-« XV. 
Mr. H. Tryon and Mr. Lloyd, M.L.A., were proposed 
as members. 
Lecturettes on the subject of the National Park, 
Lamington Plateau, were delivered by H. C. Richards, 
D.Sc., and J. Shirley, D.Sc., who illustrated their remarks 
by a series of Jantern slides. 
The Hon. Dr. Taylor, and Messrs. Meston, Tryon, 
and Longman, and the President made remarks. 
ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, 25th SEPTEMBER, 1916. 
The Ordinary Monthly Meeting was held in the Geology 
Lecture Theatre in the University at 8 p.m. 
Dr. Hamlyn-Harris, President, in the chair. The 
minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
Mr. W. Lloyd, M.L.A., was elected a member. 
The library exchanges for the month were laid on the 
table. 
Mr. H. A. Longman exhibited a series of crania, some 
of which were sectioned, to illustrate distinctive cerebral 
characteristics of the Dingo (Canis dingo) and the Marsupial 
Wolf (Thylacinus cynocephalus). The cranial foramina and 
their associations were demonstrated by marked flexible 
rods, and comment was made on their allotment as either 
salient or variable characters in classification. 
Dr. Hamlyn-Harris exhibited three varieties of fire- 
sticks; (a) the lengthy form described by Roth; (6) 
a smaller form, the sticks being only about one foot in 
length, and provided with a wooden human figure, the 
eyes of which were used in contact with the twirling wands. 
These two were shown to emphasise the primitive nature of 
(c) a very valuable set of fire-sticks received from Mr. 
E. J. Banfield, Dunk Island. These consisted of very 
rough sticks (possibly one of the “*‘ Cotton-trees,”’ Hibiscus 
sp.), just torn down and used then and there, and after- 
wards thrown away and discarded. 
Mr. B. Dunstan exhibited specimens of fossil insects. 
