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proceetiingsf* 



16th August, 1848. — First monthly evening meeting ; His 

 Excellency Sir W. T. Denison, F.R.S., President, in the chair. 



Twelve gentlemen ballotted for and duly elected Fellows of the 

 Society, 



Colonel H. Despard, C.B., 99th Regt., and Ronald C. Guun, Esq., 

 admitted Fellows of the Society upon Rules xviii. and xvii. 

 respectively. 



Forty-four volumes of books and pamphlets presented to the 

 Society by Sir William Denison. 



Three volumes presented by Capt. Stanley, R.E. 



One volume, Dr. Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Mines, and Manu- 

 factures, by Mr. Milligan. 



The Secretary read a paper on the Coal of Schouten Island and its 

 associated rocts, illustrated with views and diagrams. 



Specimens of Coal from Schouten Island, from Jericho, Jerusalem, 

 Richmond, South Cape, and Tasman's Peninsula, were upon the 

 table. 



In the course of discussion. His Excellency the President expressed 

 a wish that the Secretary would visit and report upon the Coal which 

 occurs on the estate of F. L. Stieglitz, Esq., at Break-o'-day ; and 

 promised to lay before the Society at an early day an account of 

 some experiments undertaken to determine the amount of alkali 

 contained in the timbers and other vegetable products of the Colony. 



Dr. Lillie exhibited specimens of the Sphceria Gunnii from 

 Franklin Village, and of recent Terehratulcs obtained on the coasts of 

 Tasmania. The Rev. gentleman remarked on the frequent occurrence 

 of hard ferruginous nodules in the overlying sandstones about Ross, 

 which he regards as the result of the decomposition of organic 



