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ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



lioual (Societp of (South Australia 



(INCORPORATED) 

 For 1902-3. 



Ordinary Meeting, November 4, 1902. 



Professor E. H. Rennie, D.Sc. (President), in the chair. 



Exhibits. — Walter Howchin, F.G.S., on behalf of A. 

 Fergusson, exhibited a piece of quartzite from Curramulka, Y.P.,. 

 rounded and striated on one side by ice action. A. H. C. Zietz,, 

 F.L.S., showed some 23 species of fish from the Lower Murray. 

 G. G. Mayo a few specimens of mudstones containing pebbles, from 

 the Razorback near Hallett, which Mr. Howchin pronounced to 

 be of glacial origin and of the same age as the Cambrian glacial 

 beds of the Sturt and Onkaparinga Rivers. H. T. Phillipps and 

 T. C. Greknway B.Sc, showed in large numbers and variety 

 rock specimens and rock sections from Southern Yorke Peninsula 

 to illustrate their paper. 



Ballot. — W. H. Baker, chemist, Glen Osmond Road, Parkside,^ 

 and W. J . Vandenbergh, barrister and solicitor, Adelaide, were 

 elected as Fellows. 



Paper. — "Notes on the Geology of Southern Yorke Peninsula,"" 

 by T. C. Greenway, B.Sc, and H. T. Phillipps, communicated by 

 W. Howchin, F.G.S. 



A vote of thanks was passed to those exhibiting specimens and 

 those giving the paper. 



Ordinary Meeting, April 7, 1903. 



Professor E. H. Rennie, D.Sc. (President), in the chair. 



Exhibits. — A. H. C. Zietz, F.L.S. (Assistant-Director of the 

 Museum), native instruments, &c., from Way College, including 

 stone for crushing and bruising seeds, stone axe from Rivoli 

 Bay, necklace of Dentalium shells from Western Australia, several 

 pointing-sticks of hardwood stained with blood and ornamented 

 with eagle feathers and human hair ; bone breccia from Naracoorte 

 Caves. Mr. Zietz also exhibited a pair of musical instruments 

 from Central Australia, of mulga wood. Referring to the bone 

 breccia, Mr. Howchin said that the deposit is covered by about 



