XU. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



The President, on behalf of the members, congratulated 

 Mr. H. C. Richards on having been awarded the degree 

 of Doctor of Science by the University of Melbourne. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



The donations and exchanges for the month were laid 

 on the table. 



Mr. R. J. Tillyard, M.A., B.Sc, F.E.S., Macleay Fellow 

 of the Linnean Society of X.S.W. in Zoology, delivered a 

 lecture on the "Life History of the Dragon Fly." The 

 lecture was illustrated by a series of specimens and 

 numerous lantern slides. 



Messrs. Tryon, Illidge, CoUedge, Dr. Shirley and the 

 President spoke in appreciation of the lecture. 



Abstract of Proceedings, October 25th, 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. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



The donations and exchanges for the month were 

 laid on the table. 



Ml". J. Bain was proposed as a member of the Society.^ 



The President gave a short account of a further 

 communication from Mr. Francis, of Kin -Kin, regarding 

 fluviatile and sub-aerial incrustations, which Mr. Francis 

 believes to be of organic origin. 



Dr. R. Hamlyn-Harris spoke in the interests of 

 sociological anthropology, and by a number of illustrations^ 

 specimens and lantern views, showed how important this 

 study was, and how the scope and significance of the 

 subject, especially in its relationship to the vanishing 

 race in Queensland, had not yet been realised. 



He emphasised particularly some of the points so ably 

 brought forward by Sir J. G. Frazer, whose comprehensive 

 study of man as a whole, and whose methods of tabulating 

 a multitude of facts, and presenting a critical analysis 



