XX. ABSTRACT OP PROCEEDINGS. 



Thirty-six volumes, 259 parts, 9 reports, 127 pamphlets, 

 and 1 photograph, total 432, received as donations, were 

 laid upon the table and acknowledged. 



THE FOLLOWING PAPER WAS READ I 



1. " Observations on the Illustrations 'of the Banks and 

 Solander Plants," by J. H. Maiden, Government 

 Botanist and Director of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney. 



The issue of the third and final volume and plates, from 

 the coppers engraved in the 18th century, from drawings 

 by Nodder, Cheveley, and the two Millers, prepared under 

 the direction of Banks, and depicting over 400 plants col- 

 lected by him in 1770, during Cook's first voyage, is, to 

 Australians at least, an important historical event, which 

 assuredly demands the most marked emphasis that Aus- 

 tralians can give it. The present work has been written 

 by Mr. James Britten of the British Museum, with the 

 authority of the trustees of that institution. Many of 

 Banks' plants depicted were presented by the trustees to 

 the National Herbarium, Sydney. The scope of this work 

 is explained, and the proposed changes in nomenclature 

 are indicated and compared with the names in the " Flora 

 Australiensis." This handsome publication, apart from 

 its historical value, is a notable addition to existing 

 iconographies of Australian plants. 



Remarks were made by Mr. W. J. Clunies Ross, Mr. R. 

 T. Baker, Mr. W. M. Hamlet, and the Author. 



exhibits : 



1. Professor Liversidge, m.a., f.r.s., exhibited "Fused 

 Quartz," also special apparatus. 



2. Mr. T. H. Houghton, m. inst. o.k, exhibited Sections 

 and illustrations of the Locking Bar Pipes as used for the 

 Coolgardie Water Supply, also specimen of the Universal 

 Joint. 



3. Professor T. W. E. David, b.a., f.g.s., f.r.s., exhibited 

 a collection of Thinolites. Some remarks were made by 

 Mr. Charles Anderson. 



