MEETINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



1888. 



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ANNUAL MEETING. 



Thursday, March 8th. 

 The President in the chair. 



Annual Report. 



The Council of the Royal Societj^ of Victoria presents 

 to the Members of the Society the following Report for 

 1887. The following papers were read during the 

 session, viz. — 



On the 10th of March, 1887, a paper by the Rev. D. 

 Macdonald, of Fate, New Hebrides, " On the Oceanic 

 Languages, Semitic," was presented and read in abstract 

 by Di-. Wild. Mr. H. T. Tisdall read "Notes on Fungi 

 in Mines." 



On account of the lamented death of Mr. S. W. ^[cGowan, 

 an old and valued member of the Society, the April meeting 

 was suffered to lapse. 



On the ]'2th of May, "Notes on the Occurrence of 

 Glaciated Pebbles and Boulders in the so-called Mesozoic 



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