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The Hox. Secretary said these cases, though commonly said to be 

 cancerous in character, were in fact truly tuberculosi ; cancer was a 

 complete misnomer. 



Mr. Swan : Until lately he had always heard the term cancer applied 

 to the disease. 



The Acting Chief Justice said in reference to a remark in the paper 

 about rabbits not drinking, he had often, when out shooting, seen 

 rabbits come down in the evening to drink at a water hole. 



Dr. Perkixs : In very dry weather ? 



The Acting Chief Justice : Yes. 



Dr. Perkins : There was no succulent food about for them. 



Mr. Swan said the disease was as common amongst kangaroos as 

 cattle. 



Dr. Perkins : In Germany 20 per cent, of the cattle suffered in that way. 



Mr. Belstead : We may consider ourselves well off, then. 



OTHER PAPERS. 



The following papers were also read : — 



Notes on a Sapphirina and aSalpa, caught off the Cape of Good Hope. 

 By John McCance, F.R.A.S. Accompanying the above paper were 

 two beautiful drawings of the above specimens. 



Notes on the discovery of two rare species of Ferns, new to Tasmania. 

 By R. M. Johnston, F.L.S., etc. 



Description of a new species of Crepidula, from the Eocene beds, 

 Table Cape. By R. M. Johnston, F.L.S., etc. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr, Stephens called attention to three specimens placed on the table 

 for inspection. 



1. Core of Silurian limestone from the diamond drill at Tarleton, 

 proving, he regretted to say, the correctness of his previous remarks in 

 regard to the position of the Mersey coal measures. The search for 

 coal at that particular spot was therefore at an end. 



2. A specimen of OrtJioceras s.p. from the Silurian limestone near 

 Redwater Creek, Mersey, forwarded by Ivlr. Hainsworth. A portion 

 had been sent to Mr. Wilkinson, Government Geologist, Sydney, for 

 comparison with similar fossils from New South Wales, but it had not 

 yet been identified. 



3. Part of small boulder with casts of Orthis and crinoidal stems, etc. 

 This, as he had ascertained from information kindly furnished by Mr. 

 Thureau, was found in sinking a shaft near Lisle at a depth of 30 feet, 

 and was interesting in connection with the Silurian fossil 3 found under 

 somewhat similar conditions near Table Cape. Perhaps some day they 

 might trace it back to the parent rock from which it was broken off. 



Mr. R. M. Johnston stated that, v/ith regard to the results of boring 

 at Latrobe, although unfortunate as regards the prospects for coal, the 

 discovery that the lower coal measures of that district rested imme- 

 diately upon the silurian limestone was of particular interest to him, 

 inasmuch as the position of the Tasmanite beds coukl now be more 

 satisfactorily determined. When he (Mr. Johnston) examined the Tas- 

 manite beds some years ago, he found waterworn fragments of the 

 Silurian limestone included among them. Recently he discerned in the 

 lower portion of the core from the Mersey boring-rod a dark close- 

 grained sandstone identical in character with certain bands occurring 

 in the Tasmanite series, and he therefore had every reason to believe 

 that the latter and their equivalents formed the lower members of 

 the Mersey coal measures. 



