Proceedings, &a, for 1868. xix 



Mr. K. S. Danson concurred in the calling of a special meeting ; 

 and Mr. H. K. Rusden thought it advisable, while prepared to 

 uphold the course the Council proposed. 



The President, Professor Halford, Dr. Barker, Rev. Dr. Bleasdale, 

 and other members having spoken briefly on the matter, it was 

 proposed by Dr. Barker, seconded by Mr. R. S. Danson, and carried : 

 " That the further consideration of the subject of the alterations 

 " be adjourned to Monday, the 13th July. The meeting to be 

 " specially convened for the purpose of deciding the question." 



(Signed) Robt. L. J. Ellery. 



June 25, 1868. 



Ordinary Meeting. 



Thursday, June 25, 1868. 



The President, R. L. J. Ellery, Esq., in the chair. 



The following contributions to the library were acknowledged : — 

 " Journal of the Horticultural Society of London," part 2, vol. 8 ; 

 "Proceedings of the Horticultural Society," No. 10, March, 1868 ■ 

 " Transactions, Imperial Society of Naturalists, Moscow ;" " Report 

 of the Free Library Committee, Liverpool," 1867 ; "Journal of the 

 Statistical Society, London," vol. 30, No. 4, vol. 31, No. 1 ; 

 "Transactions, Institute Naval Architects," 1867 ; "Transactions, 

 Royal Society of Edinburgh," 1832-67 ; "New Zealand"— by Dr. 

 Hochstetter, presented by the Colonial Secretary, New Zealand ; 

 " Stabistick Van den Handel en de Scheepvaart op Java en Madura 

 Sedert," 1825, vols. 1 and 2 ; " Tijdschrift voor Nijverheid en Land- 

 bonev in Nederlandsch Indie," Deel II., parts 1, 2, 3, 4, Deel III., 

 parts 1, 2, 3, 4, Deel IV., parts 1, 2, 3, 4 ; " Notulen der Besturs 

 Vergaderingen van de Nederlandsch Indische Maatschappig van 

 Nijverheid en Landbonev," July 1861 to Dec. 1863, 5 parts; 

 " Sitzsengsberichte der Konigl Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften 

 zu Munich," I. Heft 4, II. Heft 1, 2, 3, 4. 



The President called the attention of the members to a paragraph 

 in the Leader of the preceding Saturday, referring to the death of 

 the late Mr. Dahlke, and ascribing to this Society a course of action 

 which it had never taken. The facts were — after Dr. Neild had in 

 November, 1867, read a paper drawn up by Mr. Dahlke, "On the 

 Purification of Water," Mr. Cosmo Newbery, one of the Council, 

 entered upon a course of experiments with the filter, the results of 

 which were brought before the Society ; but with regard to the 

 value of the experiment in purifying salt-water, Mr. Dahlke was 

 told by several members of the Society that they doubted the result 

 of his operations, and from what was reported of an experiment at 

 Williamstown, care was taken in the annual address delivered on 

 the 26th March, to allude with caution to these proclaimed suc- 



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