xxii Proceedings, ^c. 



At tlie request of Mr. Lockliart Morton, the reading of his paper 

 was postponed. 



The Society then separated. 



(Signed) Richard Eades, Vice-President. 



Ordinary Meeting of the Royal Society of Victoria. 



Monday, Novemler \Wi, 1860. 



Dr. Richard Eades, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



WiUiam Lyall, Esq., M.L.A., was duly elected an ordinary 

 member of the Society. 



The Secretary laid on the table the following contributions, viz : — 

 " Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius " 

 — presented by the Society. "Der Meteorit von Braunau am 14. 

 Juli 1847 ;" " Bemerkungen liber die Phyllopoden, nebst einer 

 Uebersicht ihrer Gattungen und Arten;" "Ueber die Wlirmer- 

 Entwickelung in den Pflanzen, deren Gefrieren und die Schutzmittel 

 gegen dasselbe ;" " Denkschrift zur Feier des 50jahrigen Bestehens 

 der Schlesischen Gesellschaft ftir vaterlandische Kultur;" "Ver- 

 zeiehniss sammtlicher Mitglieder der Schlesischen Gesellschaft f iir 

 vaterlandische Kultur;" " Bericht liber die Thatigkeit der allgemeinen 

 naturwissenschaftlichen Section der Schlesischen Gesellschaft im 

 Jahre 1859 (2 copies);" "Das Erdbeben vom 15. Januar 1858, 

 mit besonderer Berlicksichtigung seiner Ausbreitung in der Proviuz 

 Preussisch-Schlesien ; " " Botatlische Mittheilungen ;" " Actonien, 

 Echinodermen und Wlirmer des Adriatischen und Mittelmeers ;" 

 " Grundzllge der Schlesischen Klimatologie ; " " Drei und dreissigster, 

 vier und dreissigster, funf und dreissigster und sechs und dreissigster 

 Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft flir vaterlandische 

 Kultur — presented by Geh. Med. Rath Prof. Dr. H. R. Goppert 

 Part XIV. of the " Fragmenta Phytographiae Australife" — by Dr. 

 Mueller. 



Frederick Acheson, Esq., made some inquiries respecting the terms 

 on which Mr. Landells had been engaged by the Exploration Com- 

 mittee. 



The Hon. Secretary replied by reading the correspondence that had 

 passed between Mr. Landells and the Committee on the subject. 



Mr. Acheson considered the reply very satisfactory. Dr. Eades 

 made a few remarks expressing his approval of the course Mr. Burke 

 had pursued. 



The Hon. Secretary read two short dispatches from the party. 

 Dr. Macadam moved " That a Committee be appointed to inquire 

 into the grasses of the colony," the Committee to consist of Dr. 

 Mueller, Dr. Ralph, and W. Lockhart Morton, Esq. Rev. J. I. 

 Bleasdale seconded the motion, which was carried. The bringing up 



