viii Proceedings, 6fC. 



Ordinary Meeting op the Royal Society of Victoria. 

 Monday, 4:th June, 1860. 



Professor McCoy in the chair. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed, 

 and several members present for the first time were introduced 

 to the Society by the Chairman. 



The Secretary read the names of eight gentlemen as candidates for 

 ordinary membership. 



Edward Wilson, Esq., was elected an honorary member of the 

 Society, and the following four gentlemen as ordinary members : — 



Matthew Combe, Esq., L.L.D., Temple Court. 



James Stewart Johnston, Esq., M.L.A., St. Kilda. 



Thomas Reed, Esq., Collins-street east. 



The Rev. Mr. Dale, Vice-President of St. Patrick's College. 



The following contributions were laid upon the table : — No, 12 of 

 the " Fragmenta" — presented by the author. Dr. Mueller. Part XII. of 

 the Mining Surveyors' Reports — presented by the Board of Science. 



His Excellency the Governor arrived at this stage of the proceed- 

 ings, and took the chair, which was vacated by Professor McCoy. 



A discussion ensued concerning " Sections," in which several 

 members took part and Mr. Rawlinson moved "That on the re- 

 quisition of two (2) members the council declare the section to be 

 formed. This was seconded by Professor Irving. Dr. Macadam 

 moved as an amendment, "That on the requisition of ten (10) 

 members the council declare the section to be formed, and that five 

 (5) of these members form a quorum. This was seconded by A. K. 

 Smith, Esq., C.E., and carried. 



The Secretary intimated that copies of His Excellency the Gover- 

 nor's "Inaugural Address" as President for 1860, were ready for 

 distribution amongst the members. 



Martin Gardiner, Esq., C.E., read a paper entitled " Analogous 

 Solution to the Section of Ratio," " Section of Space," and "Deter- 

 minate Section" of Apollonius, with their generating problem, &c. 



J. G. Knight, Esq., architect, offered some suggestions in favor of 

 holding an " Australian Exhibition " in the course of the ensuing 

 year, in anticipation of the exhibition proposed to be held in London, 

 in 1862. A discussion ensued, and a requisition desiring the council 

 to call a special meeting upon the subject was signed by a number 

 of the members present. 



E. G. Fitzgibbon, Esq., exhibited specimens obtained from two 

 masses of malleable iron, lying in the vicinity of Cranbourne, Western 

 Port district, as also a moiety of a third, but much smaller mass, 

 found in the same locality. He said that the existence of these 

 deposits had been known for several years, and that a specimen from 



