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certainly liad a pluvial period if we did not have a glacial period. 

 Nothing but a pluvial period could account for the scouring 

 off of the central ranges and the carrying down into the gullies 

 and tlie wide river valleys of the very abundant deposits of 

 boulder, gravel, and sand beds. The deposits are there now, and 

 tlie size of the valleys proves that the stream of water that flowed 

 off the central watershed was larger tlian the volume we have 

 to-day. There was in the valley undoubted evidence of the 

 existence in former time of a climate that was characterised by 

 an enormous rainfall, one that was colder than that of the 

 present day. 



Mr. Hall agreed with Mr. Griffiths that there was considerable 

 evidence of rainfall during the period in which the gravels were 

 formed. 



Thursilay, April 9th. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 

 Mr. Alfred Reeve signed the Roll, and was introduced to the 

 meeting. 



Mr. John Desmond was elected as a Country Member. 



Dr. Neild, the Hon. Librarian, stated that since the last 

 meeting, 79 volumes had been received from various parts of the 

 world. Tlie binding of the periodicals was steadily progressing 

 and it was his intention to ask the Council at their next meeting, 

 to vote a little more money for this purpose. 



It had been suggested, to him that greater facilities should be 

 afforded to Members desirous of taking books out of the Library. 

 As it had been found very inconvenient to allow Members to 

 take books from the Library at their option, a great many 

 valuable periodicals having been lost through mere forgetfulness 

 on the part of the Members to return them, the Council had 

 resolved that it was expedient that their consent should be 

 obtained when books were taken from tlie Library. This resolu- 

 tion had been extended, making the consent of only one Member 

 of the Council necessary. He thought that Members would not 

 suffer any hardship through this I'egulation, which was rendered 

 necessary in view of the fact that many of the books of the 

 Library were very valuable, and practically irreplaceable if lost. 



Tlie President agreed with Dr. Neild as to the importance of 

 watching the Library very closely indeed. It was a Library of 

 an unusual character, and likely to be extremely valuable to 

 persons making researches in special branches of science, and it 

 was therefore a matter of importance that the books should not 

 be lost. 



