1. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



Samples of the "bursting " sandstone, portions of which burst 

 away as if the stone were under great pressure, from Birthday- 

 Shaft, Balmain, were shewn by Messrs. J. L. C. Rae and T. Cater. 



Specimens of edible earth from Fiji, illustrative of the paper on 

 that subject, were exhibited by Prof. David. 



Geological photographs illustrating the glacial nature of the 

 Dwyka Beds, taken in the district of Priska, Cape Colony, by 

 Messrs. Rogers and Schwartz, of the Geological Commission, Cape 

 of Good Hope, were exhibited by Mr. George W. Card. 



The following donations were laid upon the table and acknow- 

 ledged : — 



TRANSACTIONS, JOURNALS, REPORTS, &c. 

 (The names of the Donors are in Italics.) 



Adelaide— Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South 

 Australian Branch. Proceedings, Vol. in., 1888-9 to 

 1897-8. The Society 



Royal Society of South Australia. Transactions, Vol. xxiii., 



Part i., 1899. Memoirs, Vol. i., Part L, 1899. 

 Observatory. Meteorological Observations during 1896. 



The Observatory 

 Baltimore — Johns Hopkins University. . American Chemical 

 Journal, Vol. xx., Nos. 4 - 10, 1898 ; Vol. xxi., Nos. 1 - 

 5, 1899. American Journal of Mathematics, Vol. xx., 

 Nos. 2-4. 1898; Vol. xxi , Nos. 1, 2, 1899. American 

 Journal of Philology, Vol. xix., Nos. 1-4, 1898. Circu- 

 lars, Vol. xviii., No. 141. 1899. Hospital Reports, Vol. 

 vii., Nos. 1-4, 1898. Studies in Historical and Political 

 Science, Vol. xvi., Nos. 5 - 12, 1898 ; Vol. xvn., Nos. 1 

 - 5, 1899. The University 



Maryland Geological Survey Commission. Maryland Geo- 

 logical Survey, Vols. I., n., 1897-1898. The Commission 



Batavia — Koninklijke Natuurkundige Vereeniging in Nederl- 

 andsch-Indie. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederl- 

 andsch-Indie, Deel lviii., Tiende Serie Deeln., 1898. The Society 

 Directeur de 1' Instruction Publique, des Cultes et de l'lndus- 

 trie aux Indes Neerlandaises. Kort Verslag over de 

 Aardbeving Te Ambon of— 6 Januari 1898 door Dr. R. 

 D. M. Verbeck 1899. The Department 



Bergen — Bergens Museum. Aarbog for 1898 including Aars- 

 beretning for 1898. An account of the Crustacea of 

 Norway, Vol. ii., Isopoda, Parts xi. -xiv., 1898-9. The Museum 



Berlin — Centralbureau der Internationalen Erdmessung. 

 Bericht uber den stand der Ertorschung- der breiten- 

 variation am schlusse des Jahres 1893 von Th. Albrecht. 

 Resultate aus den Polhohenbestimmungen in fcterlm 

 ausgefuhrt in den Jahren 1891 und 1892 am universal- 

 transit der Konigl. Stern warte von Dr. H. Battermann, 

 1899. The Bureau 



