170 Proceedings. 



A discussion followed on the derivation of the word Aneroid, It 

 seems to be formed from the old Greek word Naros, or Neros, Jmmidus 

 fluid, with the privative a prefixed. Naron appears to have been 

 the name of a river (Narenta ?) on the borders of Illyria; and Nero 

 is stated to be the modern Greek word for water. Aneroid barometer 

 would thus signify that which the instrument actually is — a barometer 

 without a fluid. 



A paper by Lieutenant-Governor Sir William Denison, on the 

 nature and construction of Docks — dry, tvet, and floating — was read, 

 illustrated by a series of elaborately-finished diagrams, which were 

 placed upon the table by. His Excellency. 



8th August, 1849.— Monthly evening meeting ; the President 

 and Vice-Presidents absent ; Dr. Nixon, Lord Bishop of Tasmania, 

 in the chair. 



Edward Macdowell and Alban C. Stonor, Esqrs., elected Fellows 

 of the Society. 



The Secretary reported receipt of several fasciculi of Proceedings 

 of the Zoological Society of London, with the Report read at the 

 Annual General Meeting held in April, 1848. 



A copy of Downer's Nautical Ephemeris received from Mr. Pratt, 

 of Hobart Town. 



Henry D' Arch, Esq., presented some good specimens of Sphceria 

 Robertsii from New Zealand ; a cloak as worn by aboriginal 

 females of New Zealand ; an ornamented calabash from Whydah, 

 western coast of Africa ; a necklace worn by Blacks at Fernando Po : 

 with specimens of Madreporite from Devonshire, and of Ammonites 

 and Belemnites from the Lias at Whitby in Yorkshire, England. 



Mr. Makeig presented specimens of native Sulphate of Alum, from 

 caverns in the clay-rock formation near Bridgewater, and of Iron 

 Pyrites, curiously fluted, said lo be from York Town, near the mouth 

 of the Tamar River. 



Mr. Barnard presented a fish preserved in spirits {Clinus despicil- 

 latus P Rich., 3rd vol. Zool. Journal, Juue, 1839), caught in the 

 estuary of the Derwent. 



John Kerr, Esq., M.L.C., presented a collection of Coins of the 

 old Roman Emperors — of Medals struck to commemorate great 

 events in British history, and in honour of military and naval com- 

 manders, statesmen, &c. — with Medals of the Numismatic Society of 

 Paris, finely executed in bronze, &c. 



