:i]4 P roceedhujfi of the Royal Society of Victoria. 



the present one at Hawthorn, but seemed to rise again at Diglit's 

 Falls. According to Mr. Gordon, the 1863 flood had been about 

 (iqual to the present one between Richmond and South Yarra 

 and below that was higher than the present flood. Mr. Gordon 

 had left for England before he had discovered this anomaly, and 

 he had, therefore, not been able to get much infoi-mation. 



Mr. White said that the Yarra before 1863 was full of snags, 

 M'liich would probably cause a great number of weirs. 



The President said the 1863 flood was some feet lower than 

 1891 flood, from the Hawthorn Railway Bridge to the Johnston- 

 street Bridge. If the 1891 flood had been lower than the 1863 

 one, it might possibly be explained by the snags ; but why should 

 it be higher 1 The Victoria-street Bi'idge was the largest on the 

 river, and consequently made the least obstruction. 



Dr. Dendy gave a sununary of a paper by Mr. J. B. Pritchard, 

 entitled " On a New Species of Graptolitidte (Temnograptu& 

 magniticus)." 



Dr. Dexdy read a paper " On the Presence of Ciliated Pits in 

 Australian Land Planarians." 



As there were not a sufiicient number of members present to 

 form a quorum, the elections were postponed until the next 

 ordinary meeting. 



ThursJai/, October Sth. 



In the absence of the Secretary, Dr. Dendy read the minutes 

 of the preceding meeting, which were duly confirmed. 



Nominations. 



Dr. J. W. Barrett was nominated as a Member, and Miss 

 Agnes Murphy as an Associate. 



Mr. H. K. Rusden was elected as Vice-President, vice J. 

 Cosmo Newbery, C.M.G., resigned ; and Mr. A. W. Dobson, 

 F.G.S., was elected as a Member. 



Mr. R. L. J. Ellery read a paper entitled " Notes on the 

 Magnetic Shoal near Bezout Island, North-west Australia."' 



Mr. RosALES asked what was the geological formation of the 

 Island ? 



Mr. Ellery said that the mainland (of which the Island 

 liad evidently once formed a j)art) and the Island itself contained 

 a. good deal of iron sandstone. A good deal of hematite was 

 found on the mainland, and a few hematite blocks were also to 

 be seen on the Island ; but no specimen of truly magnetic iron 

 ore had been found either on the Island or mainland. As a 



