258 ProceciliiKjs of the Royal Scclcfy of Vidofia. 



offeiuler against society, it seemed to hi in tliat the proper 

 piinishnjent would l)e to send liini to Coventry, if some 

 reasonable method of doing so coul(i 1 e indicated. If a 

 reasonalily fertile and productive part of the earth could l;e 

 fenced off and made a dumping ground for ci'iminals, where 

 they could be left to develope a State for themselves on 

 their own anti-social lines, it would be a veiy comfortable 

 thing for Society, and perhaps a very salutary discipline for 

 themselves. Tliis he was afraid was somewhat Utopian, 

 but if the social instinct could be aroused in tiie so-called 

 criminal classes, a great deal of crime would be prevented. 

 If a man could be taught to entertain a real and tender 

 regard for any living thing, a great deal had been done to 

 pievent him from committing crime. In spite of Mr. 

 Sutherland and others, the Christian Clnnch still believed 

 that the criminal could be reformed, if he could onl}' be got 

 to love someone, and that the one Person whom it was 

 easiest and most effectual to bring him to love A^as our 

 common Master. It seemed to him these were the lines on 

 which the best results would be obtained. Tlie natural 

 punishment for one who manifested tlie anti-social spirit 

 would be to shut him out of society, and the only i-emedy 

 would be the })romotion of the social spirit in him. 



Thursday, July ]4fA. 



The President (Professor Kernot) occupied tlie chair. 



On the motion of Mr. Griffiths, seconded by Mr. 

 RbSDEN, the minutes of the preceding meeting were taken 

 as read and duly confirmed. 



Mr. G. C. W. Officer, Member, and Mr. Strettle, Associate, 

 present for the h'rst time, signed the Roll, and were introduced 

 to the meeting. 



Mr. Donald Clarke, of the School of Mines, Bairnsdale, 

 was elected a Country Member. 



The President announced that the following gentlemen 

 had been nominated, and would be balloted for at the next 

 meeting : — Rev. Walter Fielder, Associate ; L. J. Balfour, 

 Member ; Douglas Howard, Associate. 



Professor Spencer, in the absence of the Hon. Librarian, 

 reported that since the last meeting, 92 volumes and 



