ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. XV11. 



3. Mr. J. H. Maiden exhibited specimens and drawings of 



the new species of Eucalyptus described in bis paper. 

 Also a number of Eucalypts collected by Allan Cun- 

 ningham in Oxley's First Expedition to the Interior in 

 1817 which are of scientific and historical interest. 



4. Mr. T. I. Wallas exhibited portion of a sweet pea plant, 



and briefly discussed the question of assimilation of 

 nitrogen by plants. 



5. The President exhibited a photograph showing the 



character of the star images on a photograph taken at 

 Sobral on May 29th, 1919, during the total eclipse 

 of the sun. 



OCTOBER 6th, 1920. 



The four hundred and seventeenth General Monthly 

 Meeting was held at the Society's House, 5 Elizabeth 

 Street, at 8 p.m. 



Mr. James Nangle, President in the Chair. 



Forty-eight members and two visitors were present. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



The certificates of four candidates for admission as 

 ordinary members were read: one for the second and three 

 for the first time. 



Messrs. A. J. Sach and G. Hooper were appointed Scru- 

 tineers, and Mr. J. Vicars deputed to preside at the Ballot 

 Box. 



The following gentleman was duly elected an ordinary 

 member of the Society: — Reginald George Downing. 



The President announced the deaths of Mr. B. J. Smart 

 and Rev. W. W. Watts. 



The following donations were laid upon the table: — 25 

 volumes and 73 parts. 



