Xvill. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 
Mr. C. A. Sussmilch, President, in the Chair. 
Thirty-nine members and one visitor were present. 
The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and 
confirmed. 
The President announced the death of Mr. C. O. Hamblin, 
who was elected a member in 1919, and was one of the 
Honorary Secretaries of the Section of Agriculture. 
The certificates of five candidates for admission as 
ordinary members were read: four for the second, and one 
for the first time. 
Messrs. A. D. Ollé and H. V. Bettley-Cooke were ap- 
pointed Scrutineers, and Dr. C. Anderson deputed to preside 
at the Ballot Box. 
The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary 
members of the Society: Edward Patrick Fleming, Robert 
Grant, Harold Arthur Montague Sandy and Blair Anderson 
Wark. 
The following donations were laid upon the table :—73 
parts and 1 volume. 
THE FOLLOWING PAPERS WERE READ: 
1. ‘‘On the occurrence of 1-Phellandrene in the Oil of 
Melaleuca acuminata, of South Australia,’ by H. G. 
Smith, F.c.s. 
2. ‘‘The Hssential Oils of two Leptospermums,”’ by A. R. 
Penfold, F.c.6s. Remarks were made by Messrs. H. 
Cheel, A. D. Ollé, R. W. Challinor and Professor Von- 
willer. 
Professor L. A. Cotton, delivered an interesting Lec- 
turette on ‘Scientific Problems of the Pacific, Part ILI— 
Vulcanology and Seismology.’’ This was the third of a 
series of Lecturettes to be delivered by various members 
on subjects connected with the Pacific. 
