18 President's Address 



Eualiosaurian fossil reptiles from the Flinders, to be 

 described in our proceedings as bearing out the views already 

 laid before this Society concerning the occurrence of these 

 fossils in Australia. A very large iron meteorite, from 

 Cranbourne, weighing thirty cwt., has been placed in the 

 Museum, which Professor M'Coy promises to describe to us 

 at an early meeting. Considerable additions, illustrative of 

 foreign natural history, have been made, and the eoncholo- 

 gical collection, which is of great extent, is now almost 

 completely named. 



The geological collection is also largely increased, as well 

 as that of the different articulata ; but it appears that there 

 is no more room at present in the half of the Museum 

 already built for their display. 



From the report of the Government geologist, Mr. 

 Selwyn, just published, we are put in possession of the 

 progress made in the geological survey of the colony. It 

 appears that fifty-five quarto sheets, each of which contains 

 the geological features of fifty-four square miles, have already 

 been published, and that eleven are ready for the engraver. 

 A collection of 1248 geological specimens has been arranged 

 and labelled for the National Museum. Besides the strate- 

 graphical arrangement of these specimens, each is labelled 

 with numbers and letters, indicating its locality and the 

 map to which it belongs. Considerable additions to the 

 geological sketch-map of the colony have also been made by 

 the director, from his reconnoissance surveys in various dis- 

 tricts. The department, however, has been singularly crippled 

 during the past year, owing to the absence of some of the 

 officers on leave, and the sickness of others. The survey 

 has, nevertheless, made considerable progress, especially in 

 the districts of south Ballarat and north of Creswick and 

 Clunes. It appears that a party has been engaged in the 

 first-named locality on a research into the course and limits 



