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on a deputation to tlie Minister of Education with reference to 

 the instruction of children in matters relating to the native flora 

 and fauna." Carried. 



Papers. — •" The Occurrence of Coal Detritus in the Valley of 

 the Murray," by W. Howchin, F.G.8. 



Ordinary Meeting, December 4, 1888. 



Prof. Rennie m the chair. 



Ballot. — John Dennant, F.G.S., was elected a Corresponding 

 Member. 



Exhibits.- — A. Zietz showed a collection of native weapons 

 from various parts of the Australian Colonies. 



Announcement. — Prof. Tate, F.G.S., informed the meeting 

 that the Government of South Australia had determined to print 

 and publish from his manuscript a " Handbook of the Flora of 

 South Australia." 



Papers. — " Notes on some Freshwater Cretaceous Fossils from 

 Central Australia," by Prof. Tate, F.G.S. ; "A Revision of the 

 Flora of Kangaroo Island," by Prof. Tate, F.G.S. 



Ordinary Meeting, February 5, 1889. 



J. S. Lloyd, Esq., in the chair. 



Exhibits. — Rev. H. Kempe forwarded some ants from the 

 River Finke, which were provided with sacs filled with a sweet 

 fluid. D. J. Adcock showed what was probably a coccid on a 

 seed-capsule of a eucalypt, from Daly Waters. 



Papers. — " Foraminifera of the Older Tertiaries of Australia ; 

 part, i., Muddy Creek," by W. Howchin, F.G.S. "TheCyclo- 

 stomata of South Australia," by A. Zietz. 



Ordinary Meeting, March 4, 1889. 



Prof. Rennie in the chair. 



Exhibits. — J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S., showed a collection of 

 rare moths, including Opsirkina, sp. (?), from Terowie, and Clitt^ro- 

 camjm, sp. no v., from Silverton, and Pinara cana ; also two new 

 fungi, Battarea Tepioeri (Ludwig) and Ustilago Tepperi (Ludwig). 

 A. Zietz showed a new Snake for South Australia, Furina Ram- 

 sayi, from Hergott Springs. 



Papers. — ■'' Outcrops of Granatoid Rocks on the Murray Flats, 

 not hitherto mapped," by W. Howchin, F.G.S. "Industrial 

 Applications of Dynamo-Electricity," by C. Umbehaun. 



