PROCEEDINGS. 
VII 
December 12th, 1911. 
E. S. Simpson, Esq., B.E., F.C.S., President, in the Chair. 
The List of Donations to the Library was read. 
The following communication was read 
1 . The Causes of the Fertility of the Western Australian 
Semi-Arid Wheat Lands. By G. A. Pfister. 
January 9th, 1912. 
E. S. Simpson, Esq., B.E., F.C.S., President, in the Chair. 
Mr. F. Aldrich was elected a member of the Society. 
The List of Donations to the Library was read. 
The following communication was read : — 
1. A Triumph of Mendelism in Wheat Breeding ; 
Professor Biffin's work at Cambridge University. By W. 
Catton Grasby, F.L.S. 
The following specimens were exhibited : — 
Botanical specimens from the Yallingup and Margaret 
River Districts, by Frank Tratman, M.B., B.S. 
Water-colour paintings of plants, by A. J. Hall, Esq. 
Radio-active Mineral — Thorogummite from Wodgina, 
by E. S. Simpson, Esq., B.E., F.C.S. 
February 13th, 1911. 
E. S. Simpson, Esq., B.E., F.C.S. , President, in the Chair. 
The List of Donations to the Library w as read. 
A discussion on the Divining Rod, in which several 
members participated, took place. 
March 12th, 1912. 
E. S Simpson, Esq , B.E., F.C.S., President, in the Chair 
The List of Donations to the Library was read. 
The following paper was read : — 
1. The Protozoic Rocks of the North of Western 
Australia. By Ludwig Glauert, Esq., F.G.S. 
The following specimen and map were exhibited : 
Beaufortia squarrosa, by Frank Tratman, M.B. 
Geological map, by L. Glauert, Esq., in illustration of 
his paper; 
April 1 6 th, 1912. 
E. S. Simpson, Esq., B.E., F.C.S., President, in the Chair. 
Mr. E. H. Hardy was elected a member of the Society. 
The List of Donations to the Library was read. 
The following paper was read : — 
X. An Investigation into the Structure and Functions 
of the Skin of the Potato Tuber, By Dr, Steward. 
