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April 8th: — Papers read: " Heliotropism and Nyctinasty of" 

 Flowers," by D. A. Herbert, B.Sc. Exhibits: Professor E. W. 

 Skeats showed specimens of Jarosite (hydrated sulphate of iron 

 and potassium), and Natro jarosite, from near Anglesea, Vic- 

 toria. Dr. J. M. Baldwin showed a photograph of a Total Eclipse 

 of the Sun, being a print from one of the photographs taken 

 at Sobral on 29th May, 1919. Seven comparison photographs 

 were taken under similar conditions with the same apparatus be- 

 tween 13th and 18th July, and show star images like those on the 

 print exhibited. Mr. J. A. Kershaw showed an Obsidianite, ob- 

 tained at Glenalbie, Blackwood Forest, Wonthaggi, Victoria, 

 showing a peculiar circular depression on the upper surface, and 

 unusually large and numerous pittings on the lower surface. 



Professor W. E. Agar, M.A., D.Sc, and Captain John King 

 Davis were elected members; Mr. W. Langford, B.Sc, B.M.E.,. 

 a country member, and Mr. B. Macdonald, Mr. F. E. Moore, 

 M.B.E., and Mr. Edwin T. Quayle, B.A., associates. 



May 13th: — Papers: (1) "Aboriginal Flaked Stone Knives," 

 by George Home, M.A., M.D. ; (2) " Abnormalities in the 

 Flowers of Eriostemon obovalis, and Glossodia," by Miss J. 

 Cookson, B.Sc. 



Exhibits: Dr. Griffith Taylor showed a series of diagrams 

 illustrating Evolution of Culture and Language; Mr. J. A. Ker- 

 shaw showed a fine example of Fasciation in the Stem of Casu- 

 arina. 



Mr. A. D. Mackay, M.M.E., B.Sc, and Senator J. D. Millen 

 were elected members, and Mr. H. F. Clinton and Miss Francis 

 Stevenson associates. 



June 10th : — Papers : " A Palaeographical Deduction drawn 

 from the Existence of the Crystalline Schist Formation of Cen- 

 tral Celebes," by E. C. Abendanon (communicated by Mr. H. 

 Herman, B.C.E. Exhibits: Professor T. H. Laby showed three 

 Electrode Valves used in Wireless Telegraphy, Telephony, and 

 Wire Telephony. Mr. Chapman showed an example of a Fossil 

 Nautilus from Murray Cliffs, South Australia. Mr. Leo Miller 

 and Mr. E. L. Piesse were elected members, and Dr. Sidney Pern 

 an associate. 



July 8th : — Papers : ( 1 ) " The Relationship of the Sedimen- 

 tary Rocks of the Gisborne District, Victoria," by W. J. Harris,. 

 B.A., and \Y. Crawford. (2) "A Geologist's Notes on Water 

 Divining," by Griffith Taylor, B.A., B.E., D.Sc. (3) "A Re- 



