Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 2 If) 



Institution had always shown themselves very willing to procuic 

 any technical work required. He certainly agreed with tlic 

 proposition that as much of the work as possible should be done 

 in tlie colony. Would it be necessary for the Council to a})prou(;li 

 the Trustees of the Public Library in the matter ? 



Dr. Dendy thought the first thing to be done was to get the 

 individual naturalists in the colony to take up particular groups, 

 and then these gentlemen might be asked to furnisli the 

 Connnittee with a list of the books tliey required. The Council 

 might then be asked to obtain the books. He did not think the 

 Public Library should be asked to obtain any books, until it was 

 determined what books would be required. 



Mr. Lucas moved " That the Members of tlie Port Phillip 

 Biological Survey Committee, viz., Mr. Wm. Bale, F.R.M.S., 

 Rev. A. W. Cresswell, M.A., Dr. Dendy, Mr. A. H. S. Lucas. 

 M.A. (Sec), Mr. P H. McGillivray, Professor AV. Baldwin 

 Spencer, M.A., Mr. J. Bracebridge Wilson, M.A." Tlie i-esolu- 

 tion was carried. 



Mr. RusDEX read the Report of the Cremation Com)nittee, and 

 moved " That Professor Kernot, Professor Orme Masson, and 

 Mr. H. K. Rusden, F.R.G.S., be re-appointed Members of the 

 Cremation Committee." The resolution was carried. 



On the motion of Mr. Rusden, the old Members of the House 

 Committee, viz., Mr. C. R. Bla-kett, F.C.S., Professor \V. C. 

 Kernot, M.A., Dr. Neild, Professor Orme Masson, M.A., and 

 Mr. H. K. Rusden, F.R.G.S., were re-appointed Members of 

 the House Committee. 



Ml'. Rusden read the Report of the Gravity Survey Connnittee. 



Mr. Love moved the i-e-appointment of the old Members of the 

 Committee, viz., Mr. R. L. J. Ellery, C.M.G., Professor Kernot, 

 M.A., Professor Orme Masson, M.A., Professor T. R. Lvle, 

 M.A., Mr. E. J. White, F.R.A.S., Mr. E. F. J. Love, M.A., 

 and at a later stage added the names of Messrs. Russell and Todd. 

 The resolution was carried. 



On the motion of Mr. Rusden, seconded by Mr. Love, Professor 

 W. Baldwin Spencer, M.A., Mr. R. L. J. Ellery, U.M.G., 

 Professor Orme Masson, M.A., Mr. G. S. Griffiths, F.R.G.S., 

 were re-elected Members of the Printing Connnittee. 



Mr. G. S. Griffiths read a paper " On tlie Geology of the 

 Bar won Heads." 



Mr. DoBSON asked why, if the lava was horizontal wlieii it 

 flowed from the volcano, it should now be level and th<> iipi)cr 

 beds tilted. His reason for asking the question was, that he had 

 been very much puzzled to account for the formation of the rocks 



