xil. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. ‘ 
of Mr. R. H. CAMBAGE, F.L.S., aS ordinary member. of 
Council, and that Dr. WALTER SPENCER had been elected a 
Vice-President. 
o. That 33 volumes, 476 parts, 4 reports, 6 pamphlets, 
total 519, received as Donations since the December meet- 
ing, were laid upon the table and acknowledged. 
THE FOLLOWING PAPERS WERE READ: 
1. ‘“‘The Viscosity of Water,’’ by RICHARD HOSKING, B.A. 
(Camb.) [Communicated by Professor POLLOCK, D.sc.] 
2. ‘“Note on a Cupriferous Porphyrite and Quartz Veins in 
the Nelligen District,’’ by H. I. JENSEN, p.sc. 
EXHIBITS: 
Mr. H. I. JENSEN exhibited galena ores from the Ettrema 
Mine; schists and cupriferous basalts from Nelligen dis- 
trict; alum from vein in trachyte tuff on Mount Flinders, 
Queensland. 
Mr. R. T. BAKER, F.L.S., exhibited a framed series of 
specimens illustrating the causes of, and the serum remedy 
for Hay Fever and its varieties. The collection is from 
the firm of Schimmel & Co., Miltitz, Leipzig, Germany, 
this firm having acquired the patent belonging to Prof. 
Dr. Dunbar of Hamburg, for the serum against Hay Fever, 
called ‘‘Pollantin,’’ invented by him. Pollantin is primarily 
the pollen obtained from composites, grasses, and other 
plants, the collecting of which is carried out on a large 
scale at the firm’s factory. The series include different 
kinds of pollen with an estimate of their numbers to the 
gramme and are classed as generators of Hay Fever. ~The 
serum is prepared in two forms, dry and wet, and specimens 
of both are fully shown as placed on the market for the 
medical practitioner. Reports from America and Hurope 
speak well of its efficacy as a remedy for this complaint. 
