100 PEOCEEDINGS. 



4. "On a Simple Plan of Easing Railway Curves," by Mr. 

 Walter Shellshear, Assoc. M. Inst., C.E. 



A discussion followed, in which Messrs. F. B. Gipps, J. Trevor 

 Jones, and Professor Warren took part. 



5. "Indigenous Australian Forage Plants (exclusive of grasses) 

 including Plants injurious to Stock," by Mr. J. H. Maiden, F.L.S. 



The thanks of the Society were conveyed to the various authors 

 for their valuable papers. 



The following donations received during the month of May 

 were laid upon the table and acknowledged : — 



Donations Received during the Month of May, 1888. 



Batavia — Kon. Natuurkundige Vereeniging in Nederl Indie 

 Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indie, 

 Deel xlvii., 1887. The Society. 



Boston — American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Pro- 

 ceedings,, New Series, Vol. xiv., Whole Series, Vol. 

 xxii., Part 2, 1887. The Academy. 



Bucharest — Institutul Meteorologic al "Romaniei. Annaies, 



Tome ii., 1886. The Institute. 



Calcutta — Asiatic Society of Bengal. Journal, Vol. lvi., 

 Part i., Nos. 2 & 3 ; Part ii., Nos. 2 & 3, 1887. 

 Proceedings, Nos. 9 & 10, 1887 ; No. 1, 1888. The Society. 



Geological Survey of India. Records, Vol. xxi., Part 1, 



1888. The Director. 



Cambridge (Mass.) — Cambridge Entomological Club. 



Psyche, Vol. v., Nos. 143 & 144, 1888. The Club. 



Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 

 Bulletin, Vol. xiii., Nos. 7 & 8, 1888; Vol. xvi., 

 No. 1. (Geological Series, Vol. ii.) 1888. The Museum. 



Dresden — K. Sachsische Statistische Bureau. Zeitschrift, 



xxxiii., Jahrgang, 1887, Heft 1 & 2. The Bureau. 



Edinburgh — Botanical Society. Transactions and Proceed- 

 ings, Vol. xvii., Part 1, 1887. The Society. 



Eoyal Scottish Geographical Society. The Scottish 

 Geographical Magazine, Vol. iv., No. 3, 1888. 



Florence— Societa Africana d' Italia, Sezione Fiorentina. 

 Bullettino, Vol. iv., Fasc. 1 & 2, 1888. 



Frankfurt A.M. — Senckenbergische Naturforschende 

 Gesellschaft. Abhandlungen, Band xv., Heft 1, 

 1887. 



Hamburg — Deutsche Meteorologische Gesellschaft. Meteoro- 

 logische Zeitschrift, Heft 4, April, 1888. 



Hobart— Eoyal Society of Tasmania. Abstract of Pro- 

 ceedings, April 23, 1888. 



