ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. - Xi. 
ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, JUNE 3, 1903. 
The General Monthly Meeting of the Society was held 
at the Society’s House, No. 5 Hlizabeth-street North, on 
Wednesday. evening, June 3rd, 1903. 
F. B. GUTHRIE, F.I1.C., F.C.S., President, in the Chair. 
Thirty members and one visitor were present. 
The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and 
confirmed. 
His Honor Judge DocKER and Mr. J. W. ALLWoRTH were 
appointed Scrutineers, and Mr. HENRY DEANE deputed to 
preside at the Ballot Box. 
The following gentleman was duly elected an ordinary 
member of the Society:— 
Johnston, J. Barre, President Chamber of Commerce, 
Sydney. 
The certificate of one candidate was read for the third 
time, of nine for the second time, and of two for the first 
time. 
Hleven volumes, 117 parts, 7 reports, and 9 pamphlets, 
total 144 received as donations since the last meeting were 
laid upon the table and acknowledged. 
THE FOLLOWING PAPERS WERE READ: 
1. ‘‘ Language of the Biingandity Tribe, South Australia,” 
by R. H. MaTHEWS, L.S. 
Mr. R. H. Mathews, L.S., read a paper on “‘The Language 
of the Bungandity Tribe, South Australia,’’ in which he 
dealt with the grammatical structure of the aboriginal 
tongues of that State. The article was accompanied by a 
comprehensive vocabulary of the words most commonly 
used in ordinary conversation. The author also briefly 
referred to the social organisation of South Australian 
tribes from the Lake Eyre basin to Port Lincoln and 
Mount Gambier. | 
