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district. He has published and circulated a small handbook of 

 directions for the formation of Siffortus Siccus, which, it is hoped, 

 will prove of considerable service ; and if the attempt should 

 prove as successful as it is praiseworthy, it is probable that a 

 great increase of information as to the geographical distribution 

 and limits of the flora of New South Wales would result. It is 

 in any case a step in the direction of the establishment of local 

 museums of Natural History in the widest sense of the word, in 

 which the Physiography, to use Huxley's term, of each district 

 might be so illustrated by specimens, maps, etc., that both 

 residents and visitors might obtain all existing information as to 

 its distinguishing characteristics. 



MONDAY, 30th SEPTEMBER, 1878. 



The President, W, J. Stephens, Esq., M.A., in the Chair. 



DONATIONS. 



From the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 

 Cambridge, Mass. : — Annual Report, 1876. 



From Boston Society of Natural History : — Proceedings : 

 Vol. XrX : Parts 1 and 2. 



From (t. Masters, Esq. : — Catalogue of the described Coleojptera, 

 of Australia, by the Donor. 



The Committee appointed to consider Baron Miklucho-Maclay's 

 suggestion for the establishment of a Zoological Station near 

 Sydney, presented the following Report, which was read and 

 adopted. 



The Committee of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 

 appointed at the Monthly Meeting of the Society on August 

 26th, 1878, to report upon Baron Maclay's proposal for the 

 establishment of a Zoological Station in Sydney, are of opinion — 



