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ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



l^ogal §ock tg of (South ^U0tralia, 



For 1901-2. 



Ordinary Meeting, November 5, 1901. 



Walter Howchin, F.G.S. (Vice-President) in the chair. 



The President apologised for non-attendance. 



Ballot. — ^Isaac Herbert Boas, B.Sc. and H. Gill Williams, 

 L.D.S.. as Fellows. 



\V H. Selway, referring to the late Professor Palph Tate's 

 natural history collections, asked if aaiything had been done 

 that these might be preserved to the State. The Chair- 

 man said that so far notliing had been done, but that he was 

 nov^^ in a position to deal with the matter. 



Exhibits. — Stirling Smeaton, B.A., a piece of sandstone, 

 showing leaf impression, apparently Eucalyptus, from Island 

 Lake, on the route to Tarcoola, and opal specimen from L. 

 Hart. These were lent by J. W. Jones, Conservator of 



Water, for exhibition. Walter Howchin, F.G.S. , showed 

 specimens of Cambrian glacial clay and striated stones found 

 in the Pekina Kamges, west of Oiroroo, by Chas. F. John- 

 cock, of Willowie. These are very characteristic of the for- 

 mation as it occurs in other places. 



W. H. Selway exhibited specimens of rare orcliids, Ptero- 

 stylis cucidlata from the National Park, and P. rufa from the 

 Gorge. 



Papers. — "Descriptions of New Species of Corals from the 

 Australian Tertiaries," Part iv., by John Dennant, F.G.S. 

 ''Notes on the Loranthaceae of the Willochra Valley," by 

 Chas. F. Johncock. "Geological Section of the Mount Lofty 

 Ksnge," by C. L, Wainwright. "On Eucalyptus Behriana," 

 by J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., Government Botanist. N.S.W. 



Ordinary Meeting, April 8, 1902. 



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

 Exhibits. — Walter Hoavchin, F.G.S., brought under the 



