ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. X1ll. 
EXHIBIT. 
Mr. J. EK. CARNE F.G.S., Assistant Government Geologist, 
exhibited polished specimens of nepheline-zgirine rock from 
about six miles N.K. of Lue railway station on the Mudgee 
railway line. Here, and in the neighbouring Barigan 
district, this rare and highly interesting rock occurs in 
huge dome-shaped masses or laccolites. The colour of the 
rock varies from pale mottled blue, greenish-grey and 
pinkish-grey with dark green feathery crystals of eegirine, 
to brown with red and green mottling. 
ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, AUGUST 5th, 1914. 
The three hundred and sixty-seventh (367th) General 
Monthly Meeting of the Royal Society of New South Wales 
was held at the Society’s House, 5 Hlizabeth-street North, 
at 8 p.m. 
Mr. O. HEDLEY, President, in the Chair. 
Thirty-one members and one visitor were present. 
The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and 
confirmed. 
The certificate of one candidate for admission as an 
ordinary member was read for the first time. 
The President welcomed Professor W. M. DAVIS as a 
visitor from Harvard University, U.S.A. 
Letters were read from Professor BATESON, who had been 
elected an Honorary Member of this Society: from Sir 
THOMAS ANDERSON STUART, who had been congratulated by 
the Society on receiving the honour of Knighthood: and 
from Dr. A. SMITH WOODWARD, who had been awarded the 
Clarke Memorial Medal by this Society. 
The President urged the desirability of intending mem- 
bers for the coming meeting of the British Association for 
the Advancement of Science enrolling as early as possible. 
