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Mr. Leslie R. Brookes, B.A., and Mr. P. F. Morris were elected 

 Associates. 



May llth. — Lecture: Captain G. H. Pitt-Rivers delivered a lecture- 

 on "A Study in Social Anthropology in an Island of the Bismarck 

 Archipelago." The lecture was illustrated by an excellent series of 

 lantern slides, and a large number of native implements and other 

 objects, and was followed by a discussion. 



Mr. W. A. Watt was elected a Member, Dr. A. Jefferis Turner a 

 country Member, and Messrs. R. B. Pretty and H. M. Treloar Associates^ 



June 8th. — Papers: (1) "On the Drying of Timber." By Reuben. 

 T. Patton, B.Sc, IM.F. (2) "Contributions from the National 

 Herbarium of Victoria." No. 2. By J. R. Tovey, and P. F. Morris. 



Miss K. A. Oilman Jones, Dr. H. Flecker and Mr. J. B. Hosking. 

 were elected Associates. 



July 13th. — Papers: (1) "Gravity Determinations in Australia." 

 By E. F. J. Love, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.A.S. (2) "Revision of the Genus. 

 Pultenaea." Part III. By H. B. Williamson, F.L.S. (3) "Two New 

 Species of Bryozoa." By W. M. Bale, F.R.M.S. Lecture: Mr. C. J. 

 Merfield delivered a lecture on " The Total Solar Eclipse of September, 

 1922." The lecture was well illustrated by lantern slides. 



Miss Leslie Ruth Kerr and Mrs. G. R. Thompson, were elected 

 Associates. 



August 10th. — Papers: (1) " The Occipital Bones of the Dipnoi." 

 By Harley S. Baird, B.Sc. (Communicated by Professor W. E. Agar). 

 (2) "New Australian Coleoptera, with notes on some previously de- 

 scribed species." Part II. By T. Erasmus Wilson. (3) "The Rela- 

 tionship between Dacite and Granodiorite in Victoria." By H. Sum- 

 mers, D.Sc. Exhibits: Mr. D. J. Mahony showed Geological Speci- 

 mens from the Kimberley District, West Australia. Dr. G. Home, 

 exhibited some Aboriginal Feather Head Ornaments from Lake Eyre 

 District, South Australia. Mr. Ernest Edward Trinder was elected a 

 Member and Miss M. Cousins, and Messrs. John Strickland, R. G.. 

 Thomas, B.Ag.Sc, and C. Oke, Associates. 



September 14th. — Paper: "Aboriginal Cylindro-Conical Stones." 

 By George Home, M.D. Lecture: Professor Orme Masson delivered 

 a lecture on " The Structure of the Atom in its Chemical Aspect." 



October 12th. — Lecture: Mr. H. Herman delivered a lecture on 

 " Brown Coal." The lecture was illustrated by an interesting series 

 of lantern slides. Exhibit: Dr. Baldwin showed photographs of the 

 Total Solar Eclipse taken by the Melbourne Observatory Eclipse Party 

 at Goondiwindi, Queensland, on September 21, 1922. 



Mr. Joseph Dunstan and Mr. Alan Showers were elected Associates. 



November 9th. — Papers: (1) "The Increasing Run-off from the 

 Avoca River Basin." By E. T. Quayle, B.A. (2) "Additions to Aus- 

 tralian Ascomycetes." No. I. By Ethel McLennan, D.Sc, and Isabel 

 C. Cookson, B.Sc. (3) " The Specific Identity of Bacillus parabotu- 

 linus." By H. R. Seddon, D.V.Sc. (Communicated by Professor H. A. 



