xxvi Proceedings, &c, for 1868. 



specification of Mr. Eyan's patent taken out in 1844. The charge 

 of plagiarism was to a certain extent true, although not as to the 

 greater part. Dr. Eyan's patent provides for the use of a flexible 

 bag being used in a cask, and the use of such a bag was certainly 

 embodied in the scheme of Mr. Smith, but the specialty in Mr. 

 Smith's paper was a contrivance by which the plan could be readily 

 carried out in an ordinary cellar. In fact, the searching after the 

 idea, by wading through the patents would not be compensated for 

 by the slight advantage said to have been gained by the plagiarism. 



Professor Halford then offered some further observations on 

 " Snake Poisoning." (See Part 2, Transactions.) 



A long discussion ensued, in which the President, Mr. Gillbee, 

 Dr. Ealph, Mr. Blair, Mr. Ford, Mr. Ligar, and Professor Halford, 

 took part. 



(Signed) Eobt. L. J. Ellery; 



September 14, 1868. 



Ordinary Meeting. 

 Monday, September 14, 1868. 

 The President, E. L. J. Ellery, Esq., in the Chair. 

 The gentlemen proposed at last meeting were balloted for and 

 declared duly elected. 



The following gentlemen were nominated as candidates, ballot to 

 take place next meeting : — 



Proposed by. Seconded by. 



Dr. David T. Thomas Mr. Ellery . Mr. Willan 



Dr. W. F. Taylor (country member) Mr. S.W. M'Gowan Mr. Ellery. 



The following contributions were acknowledged : — " Bericht iiber 

 den gegenwartigen Zustand des botanischen Gartens in Breslau" — 

 presented by Dr. Goeppert ; " Memoirs of the Geological Survey, 

 India," vols. 1 to 5, complete ; do. do., vol. 6, parts 1 and 2 ; do. 

 do. Palseontologia Indica, sec. 1, complete ; do. do. do., sec. 2, parts 

 1 to 6 ; do. do. do., sec. 4, part 1 ; do. do. do., sec. 5, parts 1 to 6 ; 

 " Annual Eeports of the Survey Department," 1858 to 1867; 

 " Eecord Geological Survey of India," vol. 1 ; " Catalogue of the 

 Organic Eemains Belonging to the Cephalopoda, Echiuodermata, and 

 of the Meteorites in the Museum of the Department" — presented by 

 the Superintendent of the Survey under instructions from the 

 Governor-General of India. 



The President read a paper by Mr. J. W. Beilby, called " Facts 

 from the Arcana of Nature apparently at variance with the 

 Existing Theories of Science." (See Part 2, Transactions.) 



The President said the paper evinced much research, and that the 

 author was not alone in the ideas he put forth. 



(Signed) Eobt. L. J. Ellery. 



September 24, 1868. 



