ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. XIV. 



The Minutes of the previous meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



Dr. H. I. Jensen was elected to Ordinary Membership 

 of the Society. 



Mr. J. B. Henderson, F.I.C., made some general remarks 

 on the subject of Petroleum in Queensland, and exhibited 

 apparatus demonstrating how oil or gas bearing strata may 

 be bored through, and the oil or gas missed or only 

 obtained in small intermittent quantities, also demonstra- 

 ting conditions under which gas-flows in bores containing 

 water may be stopped and started again. 



Mr. W. H. Bryan, M.Sc, dehvered a short lecture on 

 " The Origin of Petroleum Deposits," and outlined the 

 various hypotheses which have been advanced to explain 

 petroleum deposits. 



Mr. A. Moore, officer in charge of the Government 

 Oil Bore, Roma, described some of the conditions prevalent 

 at the Roma Bore. 



Messrs. W. E. Cameron, L. C. Ball, and J. B. Hender- 

 son took part in the subsequent discussion. 



Abstract of Proceedings, August 30th, 1920. 



A Special Meeting of the Royal Society of Queensland 

 was held in the Geology Lecture Theatre of the University 

 on the 30th August, 1920, at 8 p.m. 



The President, Mr. F. B. Smith, B.Sc, F.l.C, in the 

 chair. 



The President referred to the death of Sir Samuel 

 Griffith, who was a Ufe member of the Society, and the 

 Secretary was instructed to convey the condolences of the 

 Societj^ to the bereaved relatives. 



The minutes of the previous monthh' meeting were 

 read and confirmed. 



On the motion of Dr. Shirley, seconded by ]Mr. Bick 

 the following sentence was deleted from Rule 10, i^aragraph 

 2, of the Society's Rules : — 



