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ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS 



EoR 1882-83. 



ORDiifART Meeting, November 7, 1882. 



Charles Todd, C.M.Gr., President, in the eliair. 



Ballot. — Messrs. Jolin B, Whiting and A. B. Black were 

 elected Fellows. 



Exhibits. — Professor Tate, F.G-.S., exhibited Trymalium 

 Wayii (F. von Mueller and Tate) and Hymenanthera Banksii 

 from the Onkaparinga Grorge ; also Dendrohiicm Foelschei 

 (F.V.M.), a new epiphytal orchid found by Mr. Paul Foelsche 

 at Port Darwin ; also a piece of hydrated silicious rock con- 

 taining Miocene fossils, found at Tintara vineyard, near Noar- 

 lunga, at an elevation of 525 feet above sea level ; also a 

 collection of seaweeds made by Mr. M. de Courdorot at Eott- 

 nest Island; and a collection of Alpine plants from the sources 

 of the Mitta Mitta, by James Stirling, Omeo, Victoria. 



Mr. Frazer S. Crawford moved — " That the Council of the 

 Society be requested to arrange for the opening of the room 

 at stated intervals for holding informal meetings." 



His Honor the Chief Justice moved as an amendment — 

 " That the proposal be referred to the Council for their recom- 

 mendation on the subject." 



The amendment was carried. 



J. Davies Thomas, M.D., F.E.C.S., Eng., read a paper upon 

 " Statistics of Hvdatid Disease in Australia." 



Ordinary Meeting, December 5, 1882. 



H. Whittell, M.D., in the chair. 



Ballot.— The Hon. Allan Campbell, M.L.C., &c. ; E. B. 

 G-rundy ; and J. E. Brown, F.L.S., were elected Fellows. 



The Council's recommendation that, during nine months of 

 the year, the evening of the third Tuesday of each month 



