218 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 



Thursday, November \'2th. 



E. J. White, Esq., F.R.A.S. (Vice-President) occupied the 

 chair. 



Mr. RusDEN, V.P., in the absence of the Hon. Secretary 

 thi'ough indisposition, read the minutes, which were duly 

 confirmed. 



Messrs. Dobson and Williams signed tlie Roll and were intro- 

 duced to the Members. 



Dr. J. W. Barrett was elected a Member, and Miss Agnes Ross 

 Murphy an Associate. 



The Librarian's report was to the eflect that, since the last 

 meeting of the Society, eighty -five publications had been received. 



Mr. RusDEN read the report of the Antarctic Exploration 

 Committee, and moved : — " That Professor Kernot, Mr. R. L. J. 

 EUery, C.M.G. and C , and Mr. Griffiths, F.R.G.S., be re-appointed 

 Members of the Antarctic Exploration Committee, with power to 

 add to their number." 



Mr. Griffiths seconded the motion, which was put by the 

 Chairman, and carried unanimously. 



Mr. RusDEN read the report of the Port Phillip Biological 

 Survey Committee. 



Mr. Lucas said that since writing the report, he had been 

 informed that Mr. Wilson had received a communication from 

 Professor Agardh, with regard to the algai of Port Phillip A large 

 number of new species and genera had been added, and Mr. Wilson 

 considered he would now bo able to draw up a complete list up to 

 date, and perhaps as nearly as possible altogether complete of tlie 

 algje of Port Phillip, which would be published in a systematic 

 form, in the same fashion as the catalogue of fishes. 



Dr. Dendy said he thought the suggestion of Mr. Lucas in 

 the report, that the material should be retained in the colony 

 instead of being sent home, was a very wise one. A large 

 immber of things had been sent home at considerable expense, 

 and, with the exception of a few cases, they had received no 

 return for their labour. He thought that in the future it 

 would be desirable to retain the material. They had a numbei- 

 of workers — old established workers, and workers coming on at 

 the University, and he thought they would be able to deal with 

 it themselves far more satisfactorily than by sending it home, and 

 at much less expense. If the money were spent instead by 

 buying the publications suggested in the report, it would be a 

 permanent benefit to the scientific literatui-e of the colony. 



The Chairman said the suggestion was that the Public 

 Library should obtain the books, and the Trustees of that 



