Vni ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



Island and the mainland. They were found at a few fathoms 

 depth on a soft, muddy bottom, along with Zostera marina 

 and Halophyllum ovatum. 



Dr. R. Hamlyn-Harris exhibited a number of stone, 

 iron and other implements of the Queensland Aborigines. 

 He stated that the interest of the specimens lay in the fact 

 that whereas some were genuine stone implements of the 

 palaeolithic stage of culture, others, having been manu- 

 factured quite recently, represented a temporary transition 

 stage rapidly evolved through contact with civilization. 

 This hastened disappearance of accurate and genuine 

 workmanship on the part of these primitive people, whereby 

 their trade becomes a lost art, emphasises with considerable 

 force the necessity of saving the few remaining records 

 before it is too late. Amongst the exhibits some very 

 indifferently-worked knives and axes, shown in contrast 

 with the genuine article, are evidences of the crudeness 

 of the modern bungler. Since the introduction of such 

 things as flakes of glass bottles and pieces of iron gives 

 an already partially -manufactured product easily adapted 

 to modern use, the native, however slightly civilised he 

 may be, soon prefers to relinquish the arduous methods of 

 old-time manufacture for the more easily acquired modern 

 appUances placed in his hands. 



Mr. H. A. Longman exhibited a specimen, seven feet 

 in length, of Acrochordus javanicus, Hornst., obtained by 

 Mr. Esmond Parkinson in the Leichhardt River, Gulf of 

 Carpentaria, and forwarded to the Queensland Museum. 

 This snake has not previously been recorded for AustraUa, 

 but examples are occasionally found in or near rivers in the 

 Malay Peninsula, Java, Siam and Papua. The species is 

 non-venomous, and belongs to the Aglypha series. 



Abstract of Proceedings, July 26th, 1915. 



The ordinary monthly meeting was held in the Geology 

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



Dr. T. H. Johnston, President, in the chair. 



