Proceedings, &c. xi 



Cryptostema calendulaceum, believed to be suitable for Manufac- 

 turing Purposes," with specimens exhibited, by Henry H. Hayter, 

 Esq. 



A paper " On the Structure of the Plants Mtella and Chara, 

 with a Description of the Circulation," illustrated by diagrams and 

 specimens under the microscope, by Thos. S. Ralph, Esq., M.R.C.S., 

 &c. 



A paper " On the Universality of Language traceable to Aus- 

 tralian and Polynesian Dialects," by John Jones Thomas, Esq. 



(Signed) Chas. W. Ligar. 



9th December, 1861. 



9 th December, 1861. 



Ordinary Meeting. 



Chas. W. Ligar, Esq., Vice President, in the chair. 



The gentlemen nominated at the last meeting for Ordinary Mem- 

 bership were balloted for and declared duly elected. 



Letter read from G. Craig, Esq., accompanying several contribu- 

 tions. 



The following contributions were laid on the table, viz. : — " Travels 

 in Great Britain," by Dosabhoy Franjer, author of the History of 

 the Paroces written in Gujarati. " A Series of Photograms of the 

 Bhoto Ghaut Railway Incline in the Residency of Bombay, British 

 India," in number 47 — presented by George Craig, Esq. Several 

 Copies of the "Government Gazette" — by the Government. " Report 

 of the Proceedings of the Expedition in search of Dr. Leichhardt and 

 Party, with a Map of the Route of the Leichhardt Expedition " — 

 presented by the Government of New South Wales, through C. W. 

 Ligar, Esq. " Journal of the Statistical Society of London," Vol. 

 XXIV., Part III. — by the Society. " Journal of the Geological 

 Society of London" — by the Society. " Presbyterianism in the Aus- 

 tralian Colonies," Pamphlets, &c — presented by Rev. P. M'Pherson. 

 " Verslag van de Heeren P. Harting, F. A. N. Miguel en I van der 

 Hoeven ovu sen in hunne handen gesteld, uit de Zu opgehaald 

 organisch Vorwerp, over Gronden door diep nee coodingen in de 

 Banda — Zee opgebrost en over Passaatstof ; Frederici Antoni Guil. 

 Miguel Oratio de Regno Vegetabili in Telluris Superficie Mutancla 

 Emcaci " — presented by Dr. F. Mueller. A pair of Wax Medallion 

 Portraits of the late Messrs. Burke and Wills — presented by Mrs. 

 G. H. Poole, of Sandridge. 



Moved by Dr. Macadam and carried — 



" That the Photographic Views obtained during the Victorian 

 Expedition be bound up in an Album." 



