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Messrs. J. A. Atkinson and A. J. Campbell were elected 

 Associates. 



Mr. E. G. Hogg was nominated as a Member and Mr. Dudley 

 Le 8ouef as an Associate. 



An adjourned discussion on Mr. Love's paper on Kater's 

 Pendulums, etc., was then held, in which the President and 

 Messrs. Ellkry, Barrachi, Fowler and Love took part. 



Mr. TiPPiNr; then read a paper on "Land Irrigation — Principles 

 governing its economic application." In the discussion which 

 followed, the President and Messrs. Ellery, Fowler and 

 Eastick took part. 



Two papers by Mr. T. S. Hall were, owing to lack of time, 

 postponed. 



Thursday, 10//z May. 



The President in the chair and twenty-two Members and 

 Associates present. 



Mr. E. G. Hogg was elected a Member, and Mr. Dudley le 

 Souef an Associate. 



A resolution was passed on the proposal of Mr. Ellery, 

 seconded Ity Mr. Love, congratulating the Rev. Lorimer Fison 

 on the honour done to him by receiving an invitation to be a 

 guest of the British Association during the course of its 

 meetings in Oxford. 



Mr. T. S. Hall read a paper on the " Geology of Castlemaine, 

 with a subdivision of the Lower Silurian Strata, and a list of 

 Minerals." In the discussion which followed. Professor Kernot 

 and Messrs. Hogg, Pritchard, Griffiths and Sweet took part. 



A paper by Mr. W. Percy Wilkinson "On the Sugar Strength 

 and Acidity of Victorian Musts," was taken as read. 



Thursday, \ith June. 



The President in the chair. 



Mr. M. J. Fardy was balloted for and elected an Associate. 



Dr. J. W. Barrett gave a Demonstration explanatory of the 

 Modern Theories of the Coagulation of the Blood, and the action 

 of Snake Venom on the Blood. 



