METEORITE No. 2 FROM GILGOIN STATION. 361 
causes which are more strictly meteorological that have to do with 
the magnitude of the ordinary tides. Winds and atmospheric 
pressure have much to do in modifying them. If in addition to 
the astronomical] conditions announced for the December full moon, 
a strong easterly gale prevail witha very low barometer the expected 
high tides will be increased, but if on the other hand strong 
westerly winds prevail with a very high barometer they will be 
diminished. In conclusion, [ shall myself look forward to the 
records of the Fort Denison tide gauge with much interest, and I 
trust that the remarks which I have written down during a few 
leisure moments, may not be without interest to the members 
generally. 
On METEORITE No. 2 rrom GILGOIN STATION. 
By H. C. Russet, B.A., C.M.G., F.B.S. 
[Read before the Royal Society of N. S. Wales, November 1, 1893. | 
Ir will be remembered that at the June 1889 meeting of the 
Society, I exhibited a meteorite weighing sixty-seven and a-half 
pounds, sent to me by J. F. Yeomans Esq., of Gilgoin Station, 
situated forty miles towards east-south-east from Brewarrina. 
This meteorite had been long exposed to the weather, and the 
chemical action of air and rain had broken up its surface to such 
an extent that pieces fell off each time it was handled. | 
On the 8th February this year, Mr. Yeomans again wrote to 
me, and said, ‘‘we have in our possession an aerolite, found a short 
time since, about two miles south of the one we sent you some 
time ago, I can have it sent to you by train from Byrock.” Various 
delays occurred and I did not get it until September 5th. The 
meteorite had been very carefully packed, and had not suffered 
