Xliv. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



Fiji Group. Mr. Andrews had lately made cursory geological 

 examinations of the raised reefs of Fiji, on behalf of Professor A. 

 Agassiz of Harvard College, Mass., U.S.A., and found that the 

 raised reefs extended up to a height of over 1000 feet above sea- 

 level. There was evidence that some of the volcanic rocks were 

 newer than the raised reefs, while other volcanic rocks were older. 

 Many of the Fiji raised reefs were distinctly terraced, as the 

 result of pauses in the process of elevation. Prof. David inter- 

 preted the bearing of Mr. Andrews' observations on the Funafuti 

 boring, and indicated the different types of reef which might be 

 formed respectively during rapid elevation and rapid subsidence, 

 and rapid subsidence becoming progressively slower until stable 

 equilibrium is reached. He also exhibited a sample of the so- 

 called "Edible Earth" of Fiji, which natives of that group are 

 in the habit of eating. This is a very soft and highly decomposed 

 pinkish-grey volcanic rock, of a basic type, with traces of chalce- 

 donic lumps. The sample was forwarded by the Hon. Dr. B. G. 

 Corney, Chief Medical Officer, Suva, Fiji. 



3. His Honor Judge Docker, m.a., exhibited a series of stereo- 

 scopic views of a geological character, photographed by himself, 

 they comprised groups of trachyte rocks called ' the Gins,' from 

 the Nandewarr Range near Narrabri, also volcanic cores from the 

 Warrumbungle Mountains. 



The following donations were laid upon the table and acknow- 

 ledged : — 



TRANSACTIONS, JOURNALS, REPORTS, &c. 



(The Names of the Donors are in Italics ) 



Batavia — Koninklijke Natuurkundige Vereeniging in Nederl. 

 Indie. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor N ederlandsch- 

 Indie, Deel lvii. ; Tiende Serie, Deel r., 1898. Boek- 

 werken, 1897. The Society 



Bergen — Bergens Museums. Aarbog for 1897. An account of 



the Crustacea of Norway, Parts ix., x., 1898. The Museum 



Berkeley, Cal. — University of California. Bulletin — Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station — Nos. 116 - 119, 1897. Register 

 1896-97. Annual Report of the Secretary to the Board 

 of Regents for the year ending 30 June, 1896. The 

 University Chronicle, Vol. i., No. 1, 1898. Resistant 

 Vines by Arthur P. Hayne, Ph.B. The Beet Sugar In- 



