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shown to be that acid then the side chain in eudesmic acid is 

 in the para position relatively to the iso-propyl. This will be 

 decided when more material has been obtained. 



The name, eudesmic acid, is from Robert Brown's name for the 

 genus " Eudesmia." L'Heritier's name " Eucalyptus," however, 

 had priority. 



I would like to express my thanks to my colleague Mr. R. T, 

 Baker, f.l.s., for botanical assistance in the preparation of this 

 paper, it being necessarily of the greatest importance that the 

 material worked upon should be true to name. 



Note on a NEW METEORITE from NEW SOUTH WALES. 



By R. T. Baker, f.l.s., 



Curator, Technological Museum, Sydney. 



[With Plate I.] 



[Bead before the Royal Society of N. S. Wales, June 6, 1900.'] 



The meteorite, the subject of this note, was found early in 

 January of this year, about two miles from Bugaldi Post Office, 

 fifteen miles north-west of Coonabarabran by Mr. W. Gould. I 

 am indebted to Mr. Robert Wilcox, Postmaster of Bugaldi for 

 the data in connection with the discovery of it. This gentleman 

 obtained all particulars for me from Mr. Gould, and it was through 

 his agency that it came into the possession of the Museum. 



Mr. Wilcox writing me when despatching the specimen to 

 Sydney, states: — "The stone or supposed meteorite was found 

 showing on the surface of the ground. It was noticed by the 

 ground being torn and broken on such a hard ridge. It had 

 penetrated the ground and rose out. It was found about two 



F— June 6, 1900. 



