iv. Procee lings of the Society. 



tendering his services in lhat art to the Society ; anil, fur- 

 ther, offering', on (he sole condition that the materials he 

 furnished to him, to model from nature any subjects which 

 the Sociely may desire. The offer was accepted gratefully, 

 and it was ordered that enquiries be made as to the best 

 means of procuring the plaster of Paris which Mr. Devaux 

 may require for the casts. 



Mr. Bouton read to the Society a letter from Mr. Vallet in 

 answer to certain questions put to him by the Agricultural 

 Committee. Ordered to be delivered to the Secretary o f that 

 Committee. 



Mr. Bouton laid before the Society a list of Scientific Jour- 

 nals and Periodicals, published at Paris, with the prices and 

 rates of subscription. It is much to be desired that the So- 

 ciety should possess these works, in order to its being aware 

 of the progress of Science in Europe and elsewhere. 



Mr. Rawson, M.S.A.S.M., amongst other subjects which 

 he considered useful and interesting, recommended that the 

 attention of the Society be directed to the gradual increase 

 and extension observable in the Coral Reefs which surround 

 the yieater part of this Island. 



(Thursday, bth November 1846. ) 



The Hon. G. F. Dick, President, in the Chair. 

 Present : — Mr. Bojer, Vice President, Mr. Bouton, Secre- 

 tary, and thirteen ordinary members. 



Visitors : — Messrs. Charters, Barbeau, and Dick. 



Mr. Ed. Arbuthnot and Mr. A. Maurel were elected resident 

 members. 



