the following p.ippfs :— 1 The Analysis of Priukly Pear, 2 Ou the 

 occun-enof of Ai-al)iii in the Prickly Pear, Opunfia JlrasUvjmis. 

 Some iv.iur-k- were made by the Hon. L. F. DeSalis, M.L.C., and 



Tile Hon. Secretary (Mr. Kyngdon) in the absence of the author, 

 read a paper by Mr. Edward Stephens, on " Personal Recollections 

 of the Aboriginal Tribes once inhabiting the Adelaide Plains of 

 South Australia." A discussion followed in which Messrs J. F. 

 Mann, P. N. Trebeck, the Hon. L. F. De Salis and the Chairman 

 took part. 



The thanks of the Society weie accorded to the various authors 

 for their valu xh\( paperb 



Professor Liversidge ex:hibited some interesting fungoid growths 

 which had foimed in w itei cont lining linely divided gold in sus 



the chloride by"phosphorou^ dis^ohed in ether the mvcehum of 

 the fungoid growths had icquued t purple coloui from the gold 

 which it had absorbed on moitu rition a si eleton outline of the 

 mycelium is left in gold 



The following don itions wore hid upon thi tiblt and 

 acknowledged — 



Donations Rfcmm-d dlkivc Tiif Month o* S^PTrMUFR, 1889 

 (Tht ^ lui ot th Donoib UL m Italic, ) 

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