Proceedings, &c, for 1868. xxvii 



Ordinary Meeting. 



Thursday, September 24, 1868. 



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



The gentlemen proposed as members at the last meeting were 

 balloted for and declared duly elected. 



The President reported as to the progress made in the alterations, 

 &c. 



Professor Halford then exhibited and described u A Deformed 

 Skeleton." (See Part 2, Transactions.) 



A desultory conversation took place in which the President, 

 Messrs. Marshall, Pviisden, Willan, Bawlings, and Professor Halford 

 took part. 



(Signed) Eobt. L. J. Ellery. 



October 12, 1868. 



Ordinary Meeting. 



Monday, October 12, 1868. 



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



The following contributions were acknowledged : — "A Descriptive 

 Catalogue of the Eock Specimens and Minerals in the National 

 Museum" — by A. R. C. Selwyn, Esq., Director, and others ; " Ob- 

 servations on the Mode of Occurrence and the Treatment of 

 Auriferous Lead and Silver Ores at Schemnitz, UjKper Hungary" — 

 by G. H. F. Ulrich, Esq., F.G S., presented by the Geological 

 Survey Department, Victoria ; Mittheilungen der Kais Konigl 

 Geographischen Gesellschaft in Wien, Neue Folge," 1868; 

 " Nachrichten von der K. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften und der 

 Georg- Augusts, Universitat aus dem Jahre," 1867 ; " Oberhessischen 

 Gesellschaft fur Xatur, und Heilkunde, Bericht," VII., IX., X., XL, 

 and XII. 



The President read a paper, " Further Observations on the 

 Temperature of Solar Eadiation as Measured by the Black Bulb 

 Thermometer." (See Part 2, Transactions.) 



A conversation took place between Professor "Wilson, Mr. Newbery, 

 and the President upon the general inaccuracy of the instruments 

 received in the colony, and the inconveniences arising therefrom. 



The President, in reply to an inquiry from Professor Wilson, said 

 he had not had time to prepare a paper, but he had made a few 

 notes, principally with the view of ascertaining the difference in 

 time between the recent earthquakes in Chili and Peru and the 

 appearance of the tidal wave in Australian waters. Members would 

 recollect that a month or two ago the announcement appeared in the 

 papers of an extraordinary tidal wave impinging upon different 



