Proceedings, <&c. xv 



Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. " Oversigt 

 over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab's Forhandlinger 

 i Aaret, 1860 " — presented by det Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes 

 Selskab. 200 copies of the " Prize Essays (Victorian) for 1860 " 

 — presented by the Government. 



A paper, entitled " Notes on the application of Chlorine to the 

 extraction of Gold^from Quartz," (illustrated with diagrams) was 

 read by the Rev. John J. Bleasdale, D.D. 



A paper, " On the Physical Geography and Geology of New 

 Zealand, principally in reference to the Southern Alps," contributed 

 by Julius Haast, Esq., Government Geologist, Canterbury, N.Z., 

 read by the secretary. 



(Signed) Henry Barely. 



16th June, 1862. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL 

 SOCIETY OF VICTORIA FOR 1861. 



The Council has the honour to submit to the members of the 

 Royal Society the following Report for 1861. 



During the past session, fourteen meetings have been held, 

 thirteen ordinary and one special, the latter on the 22nd July, for 

 the alteration of certain laws. 



At the ordinary meetings, twenty-one original papers were read 

 and upwards of one hundred contributions, from British and Foreign 

 kindred Societies, were laid upon the table. 



Your Council has satisfaction in stating that the correspondence 

 with learned bodies continues to increase, and that during the past 

 year the library of the Society has been enriched in an unusual 

 degree by the interchange of transactions. 



Twenty-seven new Members have been added to the roll of the 

 Society, which now numbers upwards of two hundred, including 

 Honorary and Life Members, Ordinary Members, and Members on 

 the suspense list. 



The Treasurer's Balance-sheet is appended. 



The amount shown, as received for subscriptions and entrance 

 fees, viz., £268 5s., will, it is expected, in the course of the ensuing 

 year be considerably augmented, as arrears from a number of 

 Members are still due, notwithstanding the exertions used by your 

 Treasurer to collect them ; meanwhile it is satisfactory to state, that 

 not only has the expenditure been kept within the income, but there 

 remains a credit balance of .£178 18s. Id., including the unexpended 

 portion of the Government Grant for Printing and Issuing Trans- 

 actions. 



Your Council last year called the attention of Members to the 



