ABSTRACT OP PROCEEDINGS. xlix. 



Rivers, and on the north by the Billabong Creek, and the second 

 for the district between that creek and the Murrumbidgee. The 

 first of these was adopted without modification, and the second 

 with merely a change in the position of the head work. 



In addition to these two large projects, it was mentioned by 

 the author that the facilities for constructing a canal on the north 

 side of the Murrumbidgee, with its head a few miles below 

 Narrandera, are little if anything inferior to the conditions on the 

 south side of the river. The system of canals on the north side 

 of the Murrumbidgee can be carried throughout the plains extend- 

 ing to Maude and Oxley. A subject which is generally overlooked, 

 and about which little is known except locally, was referred to at 

 some length. This is the great extent and value of the natural 

 irrigation due to the overflow of the western rivers, especially in 

 times of flood. This natural irrigation occurs on a large scale on 

 the Murrumbidgee, the Lachlan, the Macquarie, and the Gwydir, 

 and is of vital importance to the lower holders. It materially 

 complicates the question of the construction of large works, as 

 the rights of the lower holders must be taken into account. In 

 his outline description of the Murray Canal Project the author 

 mentioned that while the water can be delivered by gravitation 

 for use on the land throughout a large district, a large amount 

 of water power will be made available, particularly in the part of 

 the canal above Berrigan, and also that Berrigan and Finley, as 

 well as several other townships, can be granted abundant supplies. 



The following donations were laid upon the table and acknow- 

 ledged : — 



TRANSACTIONS, JOURNALS, REPORTS, &c. 



(The Names of the Donors are in Italics.) 



Aachen — Meteorologische Station I. Ordnnng. Ergebnisse, 

 Jahrgang v., 1899. Ergebnisse der 1900. Das Meteoro- 

 logische Observatorium, von Dr. P. Polis, 1900 (Reprint). 

 1/ Observatoire Meteorologique d' Aix-la-Chapelle. 

 Temperaturumkehrungenmitder Hohe zwischen Aachen 

 und Aussichtsturmim Aachener Stadtwalde von Sieberg 

 1900. The Director 



Aberdeen — Aberdeen University. Aberdeen University Studies, 



Nos. 1, 2, 3, 1900. The University 



cl-Dec. 4, 1901. 



