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Ordinary Meeting, December 3, 1889. 



Dr. Stirling in the chair. 



Ballot. — Jas. H. Loughhead was elected a Fellow. 



Exhibits.— Professor Tate, F.G.S., exhibited coniferous wood, 

 sliowing woody structure, from the Cretaceous deposits at Boor- 

 thaniia, in the Lake Eyre basin, forwarded by W. Baggaley, 

 C.E., the Resident Engineer of the Great Northern Railway 

 extension works. The microscopical preparations revealed very 

 distinct large glands in a single series, as in recent species of 

 Pinus. 



Dr. Stirling showed the skull of a native, presenting a marked 

 resemblance to the celebrated Neanderthal skull, and presenting 

 a very ape-like appearance. 



Papers. — " Description of a New Eucalypt," by Baron F. von 

 Mueller and J. E. Brown, Conservator of Forests ; " Fossil 

 Corals of the Cambrian Epoch," by R. Etheridge ; " Whales and 

 Dolphins of the S.A. Coast," by A. Zietz ; " Flora and Geology 

 of Southern Yorke's Peninsula," by Professor Tate, F.G.S. ; 

 " Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera," by E. Meyrick. 



Ordinary Meeting, March 4, 1890. 



Walter Hoavchin, F.G.S., in the chair. 



Resignation. — The resignation of W. B. Poole as a member 

 of the Council owing to his leaving the province to visit Europe 

 was accepted with regret, and a hearty vote of thanks was passed 

 to him for his services in the interests of the Society. 



Election. — Professor Bragg was nominated to fill the vacancy 

 in the Council, and was unanimously elected. 



Exhibits. — J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S., exhibited a fruit from 

 Roebuck Bay, W.A., supposed to belong to a species of Adan- 

 sonia, the kernel of AA'hich is eaten by the natives ; also the 

 fruits of Richardia uEtliiojnca. He referred to the fruiting of 

 Yucca aJoeifolia at Roseworthy Farm as showing the existence of 

 some special insect as the direct instrument of fertilization. 



J. E. Brown exhibited flowering branchlets and fruits of a 

 new Eucalypt (E. Lansdowneana) from Gawler Ranges, 



Papers. — " On the Flnorescence of Bursaria spinosa,'' by Pro- 

 fessor Rennie ; " Notes on Extinct Australian Mammals," by 

 A. Zietz : " Notes on a Parasite of Entometa i(/nobiHs," by J. 

 G. O. Tepper, F.L.S. ; " Notes on the Life History of Anther cea 

 Helena^,'' by J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S. : "List of Australian 

 Fungi," by Dr. Ludwig. 



