Proceedings, &c. 



15th October, 1861. 



Ordinary Meeting. 



No quorum. 



11th November, 1861. 



Ordinary Meeting. 



His Excellency, Sir Henry Barkly, K.C.B., &c, President, in 



the chair. 



The following gentlemen's names were read as candidates for 

 election as Ordinary Members at the next Ordinary Meeting : — 

 G. D. Carter, Esq. 

 John "Chester Jarvis, Esq. 

 John Carfrae, Esq. 



Several objects of interest, collected and preserved by the late 

 Dr. Ludwig Becker, were laid on the table, by order of the Explora- 

 tion Committee. 



The following contributions were laid on the table : — " Astro- 

 nomical and Meteorological Observations made at the Sydney 

 Observatory in the year 1860 " — presented by the Government of 

 New South Wales. " Beport on University Beform, Kingston, 

 Canada West ;" 2 copies. " Statement on the University Question;" 

 2 copies. " Syllabus of the Courses of Practical Instruction, Uni- 

 versity of Queen's College, Kingston, Canada West •" 2 copies. 

 " University Ode in Honour of the Visit of H.B.H. the Prince of 

 Wales to Canada in 1860." "lieport of Musci and Desrnideae f 

 collected by Professor Balfour's party during a trip to the West 

 Lomond Hill, Fife. " Remarks on Lepas Anatifera, Linn, f 2 

 copies. " On the Occurrence of Chinchonaceous Glands in Galia- 

 cea3, and on the Belations of that Order to Chinchonacese " (with a 

 plate) ; 2 copies. " On the Structure and Development of Botiydium 

 granulatum " (plate) ; 2 copies. " Papers read to the Botanical 

 Society of Edinburgh " — by George Lawson, Esq. " Notes on the 

 Genus Graphephorum and its Synonymy" — by Asa Gray, M.D., 

 Honorary Member of the Botanical Society of Canada ; 2 copies. 

 " On the Silkworm and other Fibre-yielding Insects, and the Growth 

 of their Food Plants in Canada " — by Mrs. Dr. Lawson ; 2 copies. 

 "Annals of the Botanical Society of Canada," Vol. L, Part T. — 

 presented by the Botanical Society of Canada. " A Lithographic 

 View of Melbourne in 1839 " (transferred from a copper plate) j 

 prepared by the Surveyor General ; 24 copies. 



A paper on " A Filamentous Material grown upon the plant 



