ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. XIX. 



A letter was read from Sir Richard Threlfall expressing 

 his appreciation of the honour which the Society had con- 

 ferred upon him in electing him an Honorary Member. 



The President announced the death of Mr. H. D. Walsh 

 who was elected a member in 1891, and was President of 

 the Society in 1909. 



The President announced that a Popular Science Lecture 

 entitled: — "Calculating Machinery," would be delivered by 

 Mr. G. A.Julius, B.Sc , on Thursday, 15th September, 1921. 



The following donations were laid upon the table : — 5 

 volumes, 190 parts, 12 reports and 1 calendar. 



THE FOLLOWING PAPERS WERE READ! 



1. "The Ocean Currents around Australia," by G. H. 



Halligan, F.G.S., which in his absence was read by Mr. 

 W. R. Browne. Remarks were made by Mr. Charles 

 Hedley, Mr. Wm, Poole, and the President. 



2. "Records of Australian Botanists" (Second Supplement) 



by J. H. Maiden, I.S.O., f.r.s., F.L.S., which in his 

 absence was read by Mr. R. H. Cambage. Remarks 

 were made by Mr. A. A. Hamilton. 



exhibits: 



1. Mr. H. Selkirk, a visitor, exhibited a hybrid daffodil 

 named Killara. The plant, strictly a Tazzetta hybrid, is 

 a cross between a Polyanthus Narcissus, the Grand Mon- 

 arque, and the trumpet daffodil Empress, and produces 

 from three to five flowers, instead of one, on each stem. 



2. Mr. H. H. Hinds exhibited portion of a branch, upwards 

 of one inch in diameter, of Cinnamomum camphora from 

 which the bark, for three and a half inches, had been 

 entirely removed, no cambium being left. The branch had 

 remained green, and callus had formed at each end of the 

 denuded length. 



