xliv. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 
With the consent of the President, the following announce- 
ment was made for the information of members by Mr. 
J. H. MAIDEN :— 
The Australasian Association for the Advancement of 
Science meets in Brisbane on January 11th next. The 
Association comes of age next year, and the meeting will 
inaugurate the Jubilee year of Queensland, whose history 
as a separate State dates from 1859. The new President 
is Professor W. H. Brace of Adelaide, while the Sectional 
Presidents are Professor PoLLocK of Sydney (Astronomy, 
Mathematics and Physics); Professor HASTERFIELD of Wel- 
lington, N.Z. (Chemistry); Professor SkEATS of Melbourne 
(Geology and Mineralogy); Mr. CHARLES HEDLEY of Sydney 
(Biology); Mr. A. H.S. Lucas of Sydney (Geography); Mr. 
Aucustus G. HAMILTON of Wellington, N. Z. (Ethnology 
and Anthropology); Mr.G. H. Knipss of Melbourne (Social 
and Statistical Science); Mr. H. W. Ports of the Hawkes- 
bury College (Agriculture); Professor R. W. OHAPMAN of 
Adelaide (Kngineering and Architecture); Dr. J. Mason of 
Wellington, N.Z. (Sanitary Science and Hygiene); Mr. 
PrTeR Boarp of Sydney (Mental Science and Education). 
The Acting Permanent Secretary, Mr. J. H. MAIDEN can 
be addressed at the office of the Association, Royal Society’s 
House, Sydney, and will be glad to give further particulars 
and to enrol members for New South Wales. 
THE FOLLOWING PAPER: 
‘On the influence of infantile mortality on birthrate,’’ by 
G. H. KNIBBS, F.R.S.S., F.R.A.S., Commonwealth Statis- 
tician, was, in the author’s absence, read by Mr. D. 
CARMENT. 
Some remarks were made by the following gentlemen :— 
Dr. R. GREIG-SMITH, Mr. F. B. GUTHRIE, Mr. J.H. MAIDEN, 
the President, and Dr. T. STORIE DIXSsoN. 
