ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. XV. 



SEPTEMBER 3rd, 1919. 



The four hundred aud eighth General Monthly Meeting- 

 was held at tlie Society's House, 5 Elizabeth Street, at 

 8 p.m. 



Professor C. E. Pawsitt, President, in the Chair. 

 Thirty-seven members and one visitor were present. 

 The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



The certificates of twenty-one candidates for admission 

 as ordinary members were read: six for the second, and 

 fifteen for the first time. 



Messrs. E. Breakwell and F. A. Coombs were appointed 

 Scrutineers, and Mr. H. G. Smith deputed to preside at 

 the Ballot Box. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary 

 members of the Society: — David Benjamin, Launcelot 

 Harrison, Charles James Hunt, James Montague Sandy, 

 Eustace Ebenezer Turner, and Lionel Lawry Waterhouse. 



A circular was read from the Honorary Secretary of the 

 Tasmanian Museum, Hobart, drawing attention to a pro- 

 posal in regard to a memorial for the late R. M. Johnston. 



A circular was read from Dr. A. B. Rendle of the British 

 Museum (Natural History) London, drawing attention to an 

 Imperial Botanical Congress to be held in 1920. 



The President announced that a Popular Science Lecture 

 entitled "Science in Breadmaking," would be delivered by 

 Prof. H. G. Chapman, on Thursday, 18th September, 1919. 



One hundred and one parts, 5 volumes, 4 reports and 1 

 catalogue were laid upon the table. 



THE FOLLOWING PAPERS WERE READ: 



1. "Vocabulary of one hundred and fifty-four words of the 

 Yuckaburra Dialect, spoken by the Munkeeburra, South 



W— December 3, 1919. 



