ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. XI. 



Besides these segregation into groups, there is a further subdivision 

 of the latter into smaller segments, bearing the names of animals, 

 such as kangaroo, iguana, emu, cod-fish, frog, etc. These animal 

 names have been called totems, a word in use for the same purpose 

 among the North American Indians. Mr. Mathews then pro- 

 ceeded to give an exhaustive description of the rules of marriage 

 and descent established in relation to the divisions referred to, 

 selecting examples from various native tribes located in districts 

 widely separated from each other in different parts of Australia. 



3. "Artesian Waters in New South Wales," by J. W. Boultbee. 



The paper describes briefly the initial efforts at artesian boring 

 in this colony, and leads up to the utilization of the water for 

 irrigation purposes ; it describes the work in that direction under- 

 taken by the Government at the Native Dog and Pera Bores, and 

 hints at the possibilities in the way of close settlement in small 

 areas near to population centres. It points out how the Govern- 

 ment was guided by American experience, and refers to the 

 areas, soil, water, results, and the revolution effected in some of 

 the States, and the rapid growth of settlement by means of the 

 artesian water supply ; it refers to the gradual awakening of our 

 western pastoralists to the benefits conferred. The progress of 

 the work in New South Wales, cost, yield of water etc., is tabulated. 

 The advance in geological knowledge of the subject, and the more 

 important developments in this branch are referred to. A new 

 boring machine, "The Calyx," and the provisions of the Artesian 

 Wells Act, 1897, are discussed. The paper emphasizes the vast 

 possibilities of the question, and concludes that this colony now 

 is in the same position in regard to it as America was twenty- 

 seven years ago. 



The following donations were laid upon the table and acknow- 

 ledged : — 



TRANSACTIONS, JOURNALS, REPORTS, &c. 

 (The Names of the Donors are in Italics ) 



Annapolis, M.D. — U. S. Naval Institute. Proceedings, Vol. 



xxii., No. 3, 1896 ; Vol. xxin., Nos. 3, 4, 1897. The Institute 



