Proceedings, ^c. xvii 



were read and confirmed, and several members present for the first 

 time were introduced to the members by the President. 



The Secretary read the name of one gentleman as a candidate for 

 ordinary membersliip, and the following gentlemen were duly elected 

 by ballot ordinary members of the Society, viz. : — 



James W. Fawcett, Esq., ]\Ielbourne 

 John Blair, Esq., Surgeon, M.R.C.S.L., Northcotc 

 Dr. Coatcs, Surgeon, South Yarra 

 Dr. Henry Wooldridge, South Yarra 

 John Donaghy, Esq., St. Francis School 



Michael John Page Hennify, Esq., jNfyrtle Cottage, Lennox- 

 street, Richmond 



The Secretary read communications from the Loader of the E.k- 

 ploration Party, and from the Royal Society of London, tlie 

 Athena.'um, London, and from the Librarian, Trinity College, Dublin, 

 acknowledging the receipt of " Transactions " from the Society. 



The Secretary laid upon the table the following contributions, 

 viz. : — The " Atlantis," by the Editor. Several numbers of the 

 "Statistical Society of London." " Statistical Notes of the Progress 

 of Victoria from the Foundation of the Colony (18-53-1860)" — by 

 William H. Archer, Esq., Registrar-General, 1 vol. "Report on 

 Central American Affair.?," 3 vols. "Report on Finances, LT.S.," 

 2 vols. " Report on Commerce and Navigation," 1 vol. " Report of 

 Commissioners for Settlement of Claims," 1 vol. " Messages and 

 Documents of United States Government, 18-54-5," 1 vol. " Cor- 

 respondence Relative to Perry's Expedition to Japan," 3 vols. 

 "Reports of the Governors of Alms Houses of New York" — by 

 Henri J. Hart, Esq. " A Treatise on Collisions at Sea" — by Captain 

 C. J. Perry, dedicated by permission to His Excellency Sir Henry 

 Barkly, K.C.B. 



Dr. jNIacadam laid upon the table a specinren of native zinc, found 

 at Creswick. 



R. L. J, Ellery, Esq., Government Astronomer, read a paper 

 entitled, " On the Application of Galvanic Electricity and Practical 

 Astronomy." The paper was illustrated by apparatus. 



Arthur Dol)ree, Esq., read a paper entitled " On the Nidificatlon 

 of the Coach-whip Bird (Psophodes Crepitans), oxiA White-fronted 

 Epthianura ( Eptldanura Albifrons), with some general remarks on 

 interesting forms of Nidificatlon of Australian Birds. Tlie paper was 

 illustrated by lumicrous specimens of nests, eggs, «kc. 



Charles James C. Perry, Esq., ^Master Planner, gave an oral de- 

 scription of liis patent Anti-Collision Dial and Shipwreck Preventer, 

 illustrated by tlie dial itself. 



The Secretary read a note from J. Pittman, Esq., withdrawing for 

 the present his paper entitled " On a new application of Photogra- 



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