252 REPORTS FROM THE SECTIONS. 
SECTION B.—CHEMISTRY, MINERALOGY, and by amal- 
gamation with Section C, GEOLOGY and PALAION- 
TOLOGY. 
TuE first meeting of the session was held on 12th April, when Dr. 
Lrisius was elected Chairman, Mr. Dixon, Hon. Secretary, and 
Messrs. Bensusan, SLEEP, M‘CurcHeon, haa Gipps, members of 
Committee, and the meetings for ensuing session were fixed for 
the third Raines of each month. 
WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY, 1878. 
Dr. Lererus in the Chair. 
Dr. Lerpivs exhibited: (1) Some very nice specimens of 
bismuth-gold, from the Cloncurry, North Queensland, about 500 
miles from Townsville. A large sample of this ore, weighing over 
ounces, was,'a short time ago, imported into the, Mint, and 
found to consist of about 10 per cent. coarse nuggetty gold (assay- 
yields over 21 per cent. of pure gold. It is stated that bismuth 
exists in large quantities in the above-mentioned locality. (2) A 
specimen, consisting of conglomerate of crystals of carbonate of 
lime, richly inte rspersed with gold ; also, {°), small specimen of 
quartz, almost covered with gold. th the last two specimens 
came from a place about 18 miles cman from Ravenswood, 
Queensland, from a depth of 100 feet. They were presented to 
the Mint by Mr. C. Hansen, and exhibited by the kind per- 
mission of the Deputy Master. 
. Dixon showed a piece of glass having a curious vane 
on its surface. The glass was a circular piece cut from a crown 
sk, which had been used as a wash bottle, and in celial 
water had been frequently boiled during eighteen months. 
placing the piece on a hot plate, the temperature of which was 
_ probably between 300 and 400 degrees F., the interior surface 
ickn 
transparent, but it seemed as if the ie continued action of sh 0 
water had altered the glass to that ved by removing some of the 
d that the portio 
under the circumstances described. 
: Messrs. Bensvsan and SREP were onpinted Curator of the 
Mineral Cabinet. 
