2l6 TlMKHRI. 
Mr. T. S. Hargreaves read a paper on the Gold 
Industry.* 
The President proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Har- 
greaves for his interesting paper ; this was seconded 
by Mr. Winter and heartily accorded. 
The thanks of the Society were accorded to the 
Secretary, Crown Lands Office, South Australia ; Com- 
missioner of Mines, Natal ; and Assistant Commissioner 
of Crown Lands, Cape of Good Hope, for copies of the 
Mining Laws of their respective colonies. 
Mr. Quelch, Curator of the Museum, exhibited a 
specimen of a new cane pest, which had lately been 
discovered in Barbados and other West Indian islands. 
It was the Xyleborus perforans, well known as a borer 
of casks, etc., and only lately discovered as a destroyer 
of cacao plants in Surinam and sugar canes in the West 
Indies. 
The meeting then terminated. 
Meeting held on the 14th April, — Hon. A. Weber 
President, in the chair. 
There were 12 members present. 
Elections. — Members: Messrs. J. E. Hewick and E. 
Lydon. 
Associates : Messrs. H. P. A. Moore, and 
E. F. C. C. Belmonte. 
Mr. Hargreaves gave notice of motion to the effect: — 
" That New Books be open to engagements by the members while 
lying on the table, to prevent disputes on the morning of their first 
issue, the prior engagement giving the first claim to the book." 
A letter from the Government Secretary was read, 
addressed to the President and informing him in refer- 
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