xiv. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



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



The President announced that, owing to the increase 

 in the number of members carrying out research, the 

 Society had been unable to print all the papers offering 

 this year. The Government had been approached and 

 had very generously come to our assistance by offering 

 to print the paper on " The Volcanic Rocks of South Eastern 

 Queensland," by Dr. H. C. Richards. He took the oppor- 

 tunity of sincerely thanking the Government on behalf 

 of the Society. 



The President also congratulated Mr. F. Bennett, 

 the late Honorary Secretary, on having qualified for the 

 degree of B.Sc. of the Queensland University. 



Dr. Richards read his paper on " The Volcanic Rocks 

 of South Eastern Queensland," illustrating it with a number 

 of lantern slides and projections of rock slides. 



Remarks were made by Messrs. R. A. Wearne, E. H. 

 Gurney, H. A. Longman and A. B. Walkom. 



Dr. Hamlyn Harris exhibited a small aboriginal 

 " camp " collection from near Bundaberg. 



Mr. C. T. White exhibited part of a stem and long aerial 

 root of Tinospora similacina. Benth., a large menispermace- 

 ous climber from the Rosewood scrub. Southern Queensland. 

 Many species of the genus Tinospora, when the stem is 

 cut, send down from the severed portion a slender shoot 

 which lengthens till it reaches the ground, often from great 

 heights. In the " Queensland Flora," T. smilacina is 

 recorded only from Cape York and Thursday Is., but numer- 

 ous specimens have since been received and the plant shown 

 to have a wide range in Queensland. It has also been 

 recorded from Northern N.S.W. 



Abstract of Proceedings, November 29th, 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 meetings were taken as 

 read. 



