ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. XXV. 



and this appears to be the first time that such an alcohol 

 has been found occurring in the leaves of any plant. The 

 oil of this species does not appear to contain at any time 

 more than 5 per cent, of cineol, usually less than 2 per cent., 

 and differs almost entirely from "cajuput oil." The oil of 

 this species may eventually be found to be of value in the 

 perfumery industry. 



Remarks were made by Mr. Clunies Ross and Dr. J. B. 

 Cleland. 



2. "Some Physico-Ohemical measurements on Milk," by 

 H. B. Taylor, b.Sc, Science Research Scholar, Uni- 

 versity of Sydney, (Communicated by Prof. Fawsitt.) 



This paper was read by Mr. Taylor, by permission of the 

 President, and remarks were made by Prof. Fawsitt and 

 Dr. Chapman. 



EXHIBITS I 



1. Portraits of Assistant-Surveyor Larmer, by Mr. J. H. 

 Maiden. 



James Larmer was the son of James and Frances 

 Larmer, and was born at Sunning Hill near Ascot, Berks, 

 England, and was baptised at the church of St. Michael 

 and all Angels in his native village on December 16th, 1808. 

 He was probably born, therefore, about the beginning of 

 December in that year. He was 21 years of age when he 

 was appointed by the Imperial Government to come to New 

 South Wales as an Assistant Surveyor under Major 

 Mitchell, Surveyor General of New South Wales, and at 

 the time of his death he was the last of the so-called 

 Imperial Surveyors. He accompanied Major Mitchell on 

 his expedition to western New South Wales, and is freely 

 mentioned by him in Volume I of Mitchell's "Three 

 Expeditions." He was much esteemed in his profession, 

 and the Lands Department sometime ago transferred to the 

 Mitchell Library his manuscript vocabulary of native names 



