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Mr. Geo. Foord then read some " Notes on the Mechanical Assay 

 of Quartz." (See Transactions Art. No. xlvii.) 

 After some discussion the meeting adjourned. 



(Signed) R. L. J. Ellery. 



14th October, 1873. 



(Special Meeting.) 



lUh October 1872. 



The President in the Chair. 



Mr. Howitt moved the following alterations in the Laws : 



Laws V. and X. — That the words " Gustos of Collections " be 

 expunged. 



Law XXVI.- — That in lieu of the last sentence, the following be 

 substituted : " Members resident in Melbourne or within ten miles 

 " thereof, may compound for all Annual Subscriptions of the 

 " current and future years, by paying twenty-one pounds, and 

 "members residing beyond that distance, may compound in like 

 "manner, by paying ten pounds ten shillings." 



Seconded by Dr. Barker and carried. 



Law XXV. — Also, that the word " ten " be substituted for the 

 woid " fifty " in the second line. 



Seconded by Dr. Barker and carried. 



And the meeting adjourned. 



(Signed) R. L. J. Ellkey. 



Oedtnaey Meeting. 



Uth October, 1872. 

 The President in the chair. 



Mr. Thomas Burrows was duly elected a member of the Society. 



Captain G J. Perry (by permission of the meeting, he not being a 

 member of the Society) read a paper " On an easy and expeditious 

 method of verifying a ship's position on a coast where only one 

 object on shore can be seen, either in the day or night," by the use 

 of Perry's Anti-Collision Dial, and illustrated it with diagrams. 



After discussion, a vote of thanks was accorded to Captain Perry 

 for his paper, on the motion of the President and Dr. Barker. 



And the meeting adjourned. 



(Signed) E. L. J, Ellert, 



11th November, 1872. 



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