98 Proceedings, &c,. 1865. 



on its chemical and geological relations to tlie material with which 

 it is frequently associated, and to its mineralogical characteristics. 



The Hon. Secretary drew the attention of members to the neces- 

 sity of proceeding with the publication of the Society's Transac- 

 tions. 



(Signed) John J. Bleasdale, D.D. 



3rd July. 



Zrd July, 1^65. 



Ordinary Meeting. 



The Rev. J. J. Bleasdale, D.D., President, in the chair. 



The gentlemen proposed at the last Meeting as Honorary Members 

 were balloted for and declared duly elected. 



The gentlemen proposed af the last Meeting as Life Members 

 were balloted for and declared duly elected. 



The following gentlemen were nominated as candidates for mem- 

 bership, to be balloted for at next Ordinary Meeting : — 



Geo. Pearce Ivey, Esq., F.S.S. 

 Jas. Planner, Esq. 

 Gideon S. Lang, Esq. 

 E. J. NichoUs, Esq. 

 Edward Wild, Esq. 

 — Pegus, Esq. 



In accordance with Law XXVIL, Mr. John Flanagan was 

 nominated for a Life Membership. 



The Hon. Secretary announced that presentation copies of Vol. VL 

 liad been presented to the Patron, Sir C. H. Darling ; to the ex- 

 Presidents, Sir Henry Barkly, and Professor M'Coy; and the President, 

 Dr. Bleasdale ; and that His Excellency had been pleased to under- 

 take the presentation of copies to Her Majesty the Queen, and to 

 the Emperor of France, and that copies had also been forwarded to 

 the Honorary ]\f embers of the Society, and the Learned and Scientific 

 Associations with which this Society was in correspondence. 



The following contributions were announced : — " Catalogue and 

 Supplements of the Melbourne Public Library." " Bentham's Flora 

 Australiensis," Vol 11. — by Dr. F. Mueller. " Account of the Poyal 

 Danish Agricultural Association," for 1862 and 1863 — by the 

 Society. " Fortieth Annual Report of the Silesian Society for 

 National Culture," 1862 — by the Society. "Year Book of the 

 Imperial Royal Geological Institute," 13 Vols. — by the Society. 

 " Account of the Sitting of the Royal Bavarian Academy at Munich," 

 Part 3, Vol. I. — by the Society. " Transactions of the Silesian 

 Society for National Improvement, Divisions of Natural History 

 and Medicine," 1862, Vol. II. concluded — by the Society. 

 "Transactions of the Mathematical and Physical Classes of the 



