xii Proceedings, &c. 



Moved by the Rev. Henry Higginson and carried — 



" The appointment of a Committee on the Sanitary State of the 

 " City of Melbourne, with special reference to the best system of 

 " sewerage for hot climates liable to sudden and heavy falls of 

 " rain." 



The following gentleman were elected to serve on the Com- 

 mittee : — 



Rev. Henry Higginson, Chairman. 



J. W. Osborne, Esq., Secretary. 



Dr. Coates. 



Dr. Eades. 



C. W. Ligar, Esq. 



John Millar, Esq. 



W. Elsden, Esq., C.E. 



F. Corbett, Esq. 



Francis Bell, Esq. 



The following gentlemen were re-appointed from June 6th, 

 1859 :— 



A. K. Smith, Esq., C.E. 

 C. Hodgkinson, Esq., C.E. 

 John Hood, Esq., M.L.A. 

 Hon. D. Wilkie, Esq., M.L.C. 

 Dr. Macadam. 



A paper "On Some Diatomacese found in the Upper Yarra," 

 (with specimens under the microscope), was read by Dr. Coates. 

 The meeting then adjourned to 16th December, 1861. 



(Signed) Chas. W. Ligar. 



\§th December, 1861. 



Adjourned Ordinary Meeting. 



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



Communications from the Geological Department, New Zealand, 

 and from the Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India, and 

 of the Geological Museum, Calcutta, were read. 



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

 " Geological Survey of India." " Memoirs of the Geological Survey 

 of India," Vol. I. Part III., Vol. II. Part I. — by the Geological Society 

 of India. 3 quarter sheets of the " Geological Survey of Victoria " 

 by A. R. C. Selwyn, Esq., Government Geologist. 



A paper "On the Practical Application of Machinery to the 

 Dressing of Colonial Bluestone, Freestone, and Granite," illustrated 



