XI. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



Mr. J. B. Henderson, F.I.C., read a paper entitled : — 

 " Notes on the Occurrence of Petroleum in Queensland." 

 He also exhibited material obtained in the State and by 

 means of apparatus demonstrated the effects of pressure 

 on gas and oil in bores. The discussion on the paper was 

 deferred to a later date. 



Abstract of Proceedixgs, May 31st, 1920. 



A Special Meeting of the Royal Society of Queensland 

 was held on Monda}^, 31st May, 1920, at 8 p.m., in the 

 Geology Lecture Theatre of the University. 



Mr. r. B. Smith, B.Sc, F.I.C., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the previous meeting were read and 

 confii'med. 



After discussion the following alterations and additions 

 to the rules of the Society were carried : — ■ 



Rule 21, line 2, delete " and "' and insert " and under 

 direction from the Council may take steps to recover arrears, 

 he shall "' 



Rule 29, add '' Authors shall receive 25 copies of their 

 printed papers. Blocks for illustrations other than line 

 blocks and the extra cost of printing of same shall be at 

 the cost of the author. "" 



It was also decided to reduce the number of the annual 

 volumes of Proceedings of the Society printed each year ' 

 from 400 to 300. This procedure and the addition to Rule 

 29, as above, were decided upon as temporary measures 

 onl3% on account of the high cost of printing, etc. 



Mr. 0. W. Tiegs, B.Sc, Walter and Eliza Hall Fellow 

 in Biology, was elected an Ordinary Member of the Society. 



Mr. H. A. Longman, F.L.S., exhibited Queensland 

 Museum skins of the common opossum, Trichosurus 

 vulpecula Kerr, showing brown and fawn varieties, as well 

 as the characteristic grey. These varieties have been 

 tabulated by A. S. Le Souef (Australian Zoologist, I, p. 62, 

 1916), whilst the first-named corresponds with Ramsay's 

 " T. johnstonii." 



