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ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Jiopiil .^ocicti) of §oiitk ^ustralm, 



For 1892-93. 



Ordixary Meeting, November 3, 1892. 



Prof. R. Tate, F.G.S., F.L.S. (President), in the chair. 



Alteration of Rules. — The following alteration of rules 

 was carried, namely : — 



Rule 36, to read " at a meeting," and not " next before the 

 month of October." 



Rule 37, to omit the words "a Secretary," and insert the words 

 "two Secretaries." 



Rule 48, instead of " Secretary " to read "two Secretaries." 



Rule 49, instead of "Secretary" to read "Secretaries," and 

 instead of "Honorary Secretary " to read "Honorary Secretaries." 



Election. — AV. C. Grasby was elected the additional Hon. 

 Secretary. 



Exhibits. — W. Howchin, F.G.S., exhibited the lower jaw of 

 a fossil wombat, obtained from the bed of Lyndoch Creek. The 

 fossil had been subjected to much attrition, and the teeth were 

 exposed in their alveoli. The specimen belonged to an adult, 

 but of a smaller species than any now existing. J. G. O. Teppek, 

 F.L.S., showed some ixias from Lyndoch, which were perfectly 

 white. 



Papers. — " A Forgotten Relic of Australian Exploration," by 

 E. C. Stirling, M.D., C.M.G., &c. "Two New Fungi for 

 South Australia," described by Prof. Ludwig, in the Zeitschrift 

 zilr Planzenkrankheiten (1892), and communicated by J. G. O. 

 Tepper, F.L.S. 



Ordinary Meeting, December 6, 1892. 



Prof. Tate, F.G.S., F.L.S. (^President), in the chair. 

 Ballot. — P. H. Priestley was elected a Fellow. 

 Exhibits.— J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S., exhibited the fruits of 

 Posidonia australis. Prof. Tate, F.G.S., showed specimens of 



