X. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



2. That Mr. E. O. Andrews would address the Geology 

 Section at its meeting of the 11th instant on the Geology 

 of Oobar. 



3. That the donations received during the month were 

 19 volumes, 257 parts, 31 reports. 



Letters were read from Mr. Tebbutt, Rev. W. Scott, 

 and Col. J. H. Goodlet, thanking members for their kind 

 messages of congratulation. 



It was resolved that the congratulations of the Society 

 be offered to the Western Australian Astronomical Society 

 on its inauguration. 



It was resolved to send His Honour Judge Docker a 

 message of sympathy in regard to his recent accident, and 

 good wishes for his speedy recovery. 



the following papers were read: 



1. "Products of the action of concentrated sulphuric acid 



on Iron," by Charles W. R. Powell, Science Research 

 Scholar, The University of Sydney. (Communicated 

 by Prof. Fawsitt, d.Sc.) 



2. Notes by Dr. J. B. Cleland: — Occurrence of Coccidiosis 



in House Sparrows and in Bovines in New South Wales; 

 on the Growth of Flowering Stem of Xanthorrhcea 

 hastilis, R. Br.; on Agar-agar Seaweed from Western 

 Australia. 



Dr. Chapman communicated some notes on the freezing 

 points of blood sera and corpuscles of the ox, sheep, pig 

 and man. The blood corpuscles were laked by freezing and 

 thawing the corpuscles separated by spinning in a centri- 

 fuge. It was found that the freezing point of the corpuscles 

 was less than the freezing point of the corresponding serum. 

 When the corpuscles were washed with 0*9% Na CI, the 

 freezing point of the washed corpuscles was higher than 

 the freezing point of the unwashed corpuscles. If the 



