Minutes of Proceedings xliii 
_ Meteorological Observations made at Adelaide and other Places in 
S. Australia, 1890. 
Records of the Geological Survey of N.S. Wales, Vol. III., Parts 1 
and 2. 
The SECRETARY read Mr. A. W. Roberts’ paper on ‘The Variation 
of Lacaille 6887 (R. Arze),’ and explained the method adopted by 
Mr. Roberts. 
ORDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 
Wednesday, May 31, 1893. 
Mr. D. Git, LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 
The undermentioned presents were announced, and the thanks of the 
Society voted to the donors : 
Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of N. S. Wales, 
Vol. XXVI.,- 1892. 
Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 1892, 
No. 4. 
Eastern Province Magazine, Vol. I., No. 3. 
Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, No. 271. 
Vierteljahrschrift der Naturforschenden Gessellschaft in Zurich, 
thirty-seventh year, Parts 1 to 4. 
Dr. MARLOTH stated that he had been experimenting whether prickly- 
pear seed simply put in the ground would germinate, the view pre- 
viously held being that the seed must have passed through the body of 
some animal. He planted the ripe fruit of various kinds without any 
precaution, and raised seedlings from several of them, some of which 
he exhibited at the meeting. The seeds were ten months in soil before 
they showed. 
Dr. Murr read a letter from Mr. Weir, of King William’s Town, 
which accompanied specimens of an hematite conglomerate from near 
the Indwe Mine. The specimens were exhibited. 
Dr. MARLOTH made some remarks on the nodules and the pigments 
- contained in them. 
With regard to the preservation of Bushman paintings, Dr. Muir 
stated that he had received a promise from the Colonial Secretary 
(Mr. Sauer) that any steps recommended by the Society would be 
acted on. 
The meeting resolved that Dr. Muir be requested to address the 
Colonial Secretary again upon the subject. 
On the motion of Dr. Muir, it was resolved that the question of the 
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