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(2.) It shows the identity of the Barrier Range crystalline 

 schists with the slates and slaty conglomerates of the same 

 area among which Mr. Mawson has proved that the glacial 

 beds occur. 



(3.) It shows the identity of the plane of schistosity and 

 bedding-plane in Cartwright Creek. 



New South Wales is unique among the Australian colo- 

 nies, so far as is at present known, in possessing distinct evi- 

 dence of the three great ice ages — Cambrian, Permo-carbon- 

 iferous, and Pleistocene. 



Papers. — "Synopsis of the Fishes of South Australia," 

 Part i., by A. H. C. Zietz, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S. "Description of 

 a Hitherto Undescribed Species of Shark from Investigator 

 Strait," by the same author. "A Contribution to the 

 Botany of South Australia," by J. H. Maiden, Hon. Secre- 

 tary of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 



Annual Meeting, October 6, 1908. 



The President (J. C. Verco, M.D., F.R.C.S.) in the 

 chair. 



The Annual Report and Balance-sheet were read and 

 adopted. 



Election of Officers and Members of Council. — J. 

 C. Verco, M.D., F.R.C.S., proposed by Prof. W. H. 

 Bragg and seconded by Mr. W. Howchin, was unanimously 

 elected President; Vice-Presidents, Prof. E. H. Rennie, 

 D.Sc, and Rev. Thos. Blackburn, B.A. ; Hon. Treasurer, W. 

 Rutt, C.E. ; Retiring Members, W. Howchin, F.G.S., and 

 W. B. Poole, were re-elected. 



Exhibits.— Mr. A. H. C. Zietz, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S., 



showed a number of fishes to illustrate his paper. 



Papers. — "Notes on South Australian Marine Mollusca, 

 with Descriptions of New Species," Part ix., by J. C. Verco, 

 M.D. "The Strength of South Australian Timbers," by Prof. 

 R. W. Chapman, M.A., B.C.E. "Descriptions of New 

 Australian TJ esj)eria(]fF/' by Oswald B. Lower, F.E.S., 

 Lond. ; "Australian Tortricina," by the same author. "Ad- 

 dendum to Prof. W. H. Bragg's Preliminary Note on 

 the Secondary Rontgen Rays," by Prof. W. H. Bragg, 

 M.A., F.R.S. "Further Notes on Australian Coleoptera, 

 with Descriptions of New Genera and Species," No. xxxviii., 

 by Rev. Thos. Blackburn, B.A. "Synopsis of South Aus- 

 tralian Fishes," Part ii., by A. H. C. Zietz, F.L.S., 

 C.M.Z.S. 



