138 PROCEEDINGS. 
WEDNESDAY, 5 NOVEMBER, 1884. 
H. C. Russetx, B.A., President, in the Chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members of 
the Society :— 
Lucas, John Hector, Five zien. 
Perdriau, Stephen E., St. Leona: 
Ross, Chisholm, M. B, C.M., Gladesville. 
Williamson. Wm. Collir, M. D., Parramatta. 
Yeomans, Allan, Gilgoin. 
The certificates of three new candidates were read for the second 
time, and of four for the first time. 
_ The following donations were laid upon the table :—115 books 
and pamphlets, thirteen charts, and one photograph. 
The additional rules which had been ate to at the last meet- 
ing (3 September) were unanimously adopte 
per was read by Mr. D. A. Porter, “ Notes on some 
mineral localities in the Northern Districts of N. S. Wales. 
Remarks upon the same were made by Prof. Liversidge, F.R.S., 
and Mr. C. 8. Wilkinson, F.G.S. 
The following extracts from a letter by Mr. er ehibin hee Prof. 
Liversidge, dated Burnet River, Oct. 8th, 1884, were 
**Ceratodus has interfered with platypus. The platypus eggs wer 
hatched Ges weeks ago, and I should have been in New England by m5 
om Ceratodus is much more important. Platypus embryos are quite easy 
is now-a-days, ihe egg measures about 2} mm. diameter, an 
protoplasmic pole darker, as in Amphibia. The egg is <a by a 
strong closely bagchinion gel atinous membrane about hae - . thi ck. The 
en omplete (holoblastic.) Part of t 
open, an ponies as anus. e stages up to h atch me erst oe 
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me now ; they have found over 500 Echidna in the Lash atx 
