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ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



0pl ^mtt^ nf J^autlt ^ujsftiilia. 



For 1887-88. 



Ordinary Meeting, November 1, 1887. 



Prof. Rennie in the chair. 



Ballot. — W. J. Phillipson was elected a Fellow. 



Exhibits. — Mr. A. Molineux showed an abnormal growth of 

 a fungus. 



Paper. — " Drainage of Adelaide, and its Influence upon the 

 Death-rate," by Dr. Jamieson (Melbourne). A discussion fol- 

 lowed, in which Drs. Whittell, Da^des, Thomas, and Poulton, and 

 Messrs. D. Gall, D. J. Adcock, and Prof. Rennie took part. It 

 was moved, seconded, and carried that a special vote of thanks, 

 be conveyed to Dr. Jamieson. Prof. Rennie said that he con- 

 sidered it important that a record of the total number of typhoid 

 cases, stating localities in which they had arisen, should be kept, 

 and not alone of the deaths which occur. 



Ordinary Meeting, December 6, 1887. 



Prof. Rennie in the chair. 



Ballot. — William Grasby was elected a Fellow. 



Exhibits. — J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S., showed a number of galls- 

 and various fungi found upon eucalypts and other trees. By A. 

 ZiETZ, very rare night lizard {Nephrurus pJatyurus)', brown 

 snake, which he believed to be Diemenia microlepidota (McCoy), 

 from Sedan, caught by R. Rothe, first specimen found in th& 

 province ; specimen of Lygosoma Lissneurii, from the Murray 

 Scrub. 



Paper. — " Drainage of Adelaide and its Influence on the 

 Death-Rate : a Reply," by H. T. Whittell, M.D. Dr. Jamiesok 

 forwarded a note. 



