XXIV. ABSTRACT OP PROCEEDINGS. 



Mr. J. E. Carne then gave an account of the geological 

 results of bis New Guinea expedition with particular refer- 

 ence to the probable occurrence of coal and oil in that 

 country. 



Monthly Meeting, 13th November, 1912. 



Prof. T. W. E. David in the Chair. 



Five members were present. 



Mr. R. H. Oambage exhibited a specimem of Rhacopteris 

 inequilatera and some igneous rocks from Ourrabubula, 

 New England, N.S.W., and some photographs of the locality. 



A discussion took place on Messrs. Jevons, Taylor, 

 Jensen and Sussmilch's paper on the geology and petrology 

 of the Prospect intrusion. 



Monthly Meeting, 11th December, 1912. 



Prof. T. W. E. David in the Chair. 



Six members were present. 



Dr. C. Anderson exhibited specimens of a radio-active 

 copper mineral from Moonta, South Australia. 



Prof. David gave a summary of some recent geological 

 work by Messrs. Dunstan and Richards in the Mary- 

 borough District, Queensland, as a result of which they 

 have expressed the view that the Burrum formation is of 

 younger geological age than the Rolling Downs formation . 

 A discussion followed on the general correlation of the 

 Mesozoic Freshwater Beds of Eastern Australia. 



