ABSTRACT OP PROCEEDINGS. 



EXHIBIT. 



Mr. A. J. Sach exhibited an original specimen of auri- 

 ferous quartz from Mount Morgan, and handed in an 

 interesting account of the early history of this famous 

 Queensland mine. 



DECEMBER 5th, 1917. 

 The three hundred and ninety-fifth General Monthly 

 Meeting of the Royal Society of New South Wales was 

 held at the Society's House, 5 Elizabeth Street, at 8 p.m. 



Dr. J. B. Oleland, President, in the Chair. 



Thirty-eight members and four visitors were present. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



The certificate of Clyde Douglas Gillies, m.Sc Assistant 

 Lecturer in Biology, The University, Brisbane, was read 

 for the first time. 



The President announced that Professor R. Threlfall, 

 f.r.s., a former President and Vice-President of this 

 Society, had received the honor of knighthood, having been 

 created a Knight of the British Empire. 



Ninety-one parts, two reports and one calendar were laid 

 upon the table. 



the following papers were read : 



1. "On the Occurrence of Crystals in some Australian 



Timbers," by R. T. Baker, f.l.s. 



Remarks were made by Mr. R. VV. Ohallinor. 



2. "Notes on Eucalyptus (with a description of a new 



species), No. IV., " by J. H. Maiden, f.r.s. 



Remarks were made by Messrs. A. B. Hector, A. A. 

 Hamilton and R. T. Baker. 



