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Sir Jajmes Hectok thanked the members for the welcome 

 accorded to him. 



A letter was received from Dr. Mclnerney stating that 

 at a meeting of the Australian Natives' Association it had 

 been decided that he should deliver a lecture upon Seals, 

 and inviting members of the Royal Society to attend and 

 speak upon the question, which had a connection with the 

 subject of antartic exploration. 



Mr. RusDEN then read a paper for T. S. Hall, Esq., M.A., 

 " On Two New Fossil Sponges from Sandhurst." 



Sir James Hector inquired if any researches had been 

 carried on in the neighbourhood of Schnapper Point, since 

 in beds similar to these in New Zealand he had discovered 

 a beautiful specimen of Euplectella. 



Mr. Dendy stated that this was the first sponge recorded 

 in Australia from palaeozoic formations. 



The President congratulated Mr. Hall, as a student of 

 the Melbourne University, on his interesting discovery. 



Mr. Dendy then read a paper entitled " Preliminary 

 Account of the Anatomy and Development of Stelospongus 

 flabelliformis." 



After some discussion, in which Sir James Hector, 

 Professor Spencer, and Mr. Lucas took part, the President 

 gave a description of the new Hawkesbury Railway 

 Bridge, 



Thursday, September \Wi. 

 The President in the chair. 



Messrs. James Ivey, Henry Shaw, John Cockburn, and 

 A. W. Dixie were nominated as members. 



The following were elected as members : — Dr. Alexander 

 Morrison, Newton E. Jennings, Esq., J. M. Coane, Esq. 



Dr. Netld stated that the sub-librarian was working 

 very hard in getting the librar}^ into manageable shape, and 

 it was hoped that in the course of a few weeks a catalogue 

 would be ready. 



The President gave an outline of the proceedings of 

 the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 

 held in Sydney. 



Professor Orme Masson read a paper by himself and 

 Mr. Kirkland on "Polyhaloid Salts of Organic Bases." 



