XX11. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary 

 members of the Society: — 



James Wood Bragg, b.a., Engineer, c/o Gibson, Battle & 

 Co., Ltd., Kent Street, Sydney. 



Henry James Hoggan, Consulting Engineer, 'Linciuden/ 

 Frederick Street, Rockdale. 



Gilbert Wright, Lecturer and Demonstrator in Agri- 

 cultural Chemistry, Department of Agriculture, 

 The University, Sydney. 



Two volumes and forty-six parts were laid upon the table. 



THE FOLLOWING PAPER WAS READ: 



"Maize Improvement in N.S. Wales," by H. Wenholz, b.Sc, 

 Communicated by J. H. Maiden, f.r.s. (not published.) 



Mr. E. O. Andrews' paper, "Shoreline Studies at Botany 

 Bay," was then discussed by the following members: — 

 Messrs. G. H. Halligan, O. A. Sussmilch, A. A. Hamilton, 

 A. G. Hamilton, Dr. Harker, the President, and Mr. 

 Andrews. 



exhibits: 

 Dr. J. B. Cleland and Mr. E. Oheel exhibited specimens 

 or coloured drawings of the following fungi: — 

 Paxillus awicus, under fallen log, Wiseman's Ferry, August 1915, 

 spores rod-shaped and pale yellowish? 3*5 x 1-5/x (identified 

 by C. G. Lloyd; Soinersby Falls, Gosford, May 1915, spores 

 pale yellowish? 4 to 4-8 x 3 /*. 



Colus hirudinosus, Cav. and Sec, Milson Island, Hawkesbury 

 River, March and June, 1916. 



Catastoma hyalothrix, (Cooke) Milson Island, Hawkesbury River, 

 February 1916, spores 4/z (identified by C. G. Lloyd). 



Leotia lubrica, Pers., Lane Cove River, June 1916 (J. B.C.) and 

 SomersbyFallsnear Gosford, June 1916(G.P. Darnell-Smith). 



Phillipsia polyporoides, Berk.? on fallen log, Kurrajong Heights, 

 August, 1912 (identified by 0. S. Lloyd). 



