Proceedings, &c, for 1885. 155 



Mr. Sutherland read Mr. H. d'E. Taylor's paper on " Inter- 

 national Statistical Uniformity." 



Mr. Griffiths, Mr. Kosales, Mr. Fenton, Mr. Moors, and the 

 President took part in the discussion. 



September 10th, 1885. 



Present, the President (in the chair) and 15 members and 

 associates. 



Mr. S. K. Yickery was duly elected a country member of the 

 Society. 



Mr. Stirling's paper on "Evidences of Glaciation in the 

 Australian Alps" was then discussed. 



The Secretary read a letter from Mr. R. A. F. Murray, in which 

 he expressed doubts as to the evidences produced by Mr. Stirling. 

 The discussion was continued by Mr. Griffiths, Mr. Kosales, 

 Mr. Thomson, Mr. White, and Mr. Sutherland. 



Mr. Stirling's paper on the " Cryptogamia of the Australian 

 Alps" was accepted as read, and Mr. Fenton exhibited and 

 explained " Fuller's Spiral Slide Rule," which elicited commend- 

 atory remarks from Mr. White and others. 



November 13th, 1885. 



Present, the President (in the chair) and 21 members and 

 associates. 



Mr. J. J. Jones and Mr. G. C. Inskip were duly elected 

 country members of the Society, and Mr. E. M. Moors an 

 associate. 



The President mentioned that by private liberality the Linnaean 

 Society of New South Wales had been presented with a hall. 



Mr. A. W. Howitt read a paper on the " Metamorphic Schists 

 and Intrusive Rocks of Ensay." 



Mr. G. S. Griffiths described the way in which he apprehended 

 the sequence of events towards the close of the Silurian period. 

 First, the flat Silurian strata under the ocean would become 

 crumpled up by the slow contraction of the earth, producing 

 secondly intense heat, and thirdly a state of fluidity, plasticity, 

 and expansion in bulk. Fourthly, the upper strata would be burst 

 through by the expanding mass below. Fifthly, the upper strata 

 would be largely fissured thereby. The appearances described in 

 the paper could be accounted for by these suppositions. He asked 

 for explanation of the statement that the intrusive rocks appeared 

 to penetrate the Silurian formations as tongues or promontories. 



