xxiv - Proceedings, &c. 



exhibition is over, (and moreover the vote for the money must be 

 taken in the next year's estimates), we should accompany the iron 

 aerolite we are preparing to buy for Melbourne, with a selection of 

 fossil casts analogous to those we are sending to Madras. I have 

 answered the enquiries of the gentlemen at Melbourne by this letter 

 to you, rather than by one to any of them, or to Sir Henry Barkly, 

 as it is best to do these things in regular order, and our opinion has 

 been asked as officers of the British Museum. 



" I am, my dear Professor, yours very truly, 



(Signed) " Nevil Stoey Maskelyne. 



" To Professor Owen, D.C.L., F.R.S., &c." 



" British Museum, 



" 21st May, 1862. 

 " Dear Sir Roderick, 



" I entirely concur in the reasons assigned by my 

 colleague, Professor Maskelyne, for maintaining entire the great 

 meteorite at Melbourne. Should the proposed arrangement for enrich- 

 ing our collections With that specimen, and the Museum at Mel- 

 bourne with the specimen of the aerolite now in the International 

 Exhibition, be carried out, I shall be prepared to recommend, that 

 the series of casts, with duplicate minerals, be presented to the Mel- 

 bourne Museum, as suggested by Professor Maskelyne. 



" Believe me, most truly yours, 



(Signed) " Richard Owes - . 

 " To Sir Roderick Murchison, 

 &c, &c." 



Notice of Motion for next Meeting, by Mr. Fitzgibbon — 



" That a communication be forwarded from this Society to the 

 " Executive Government, urging the expediency of, if possible, re- 

 " taining in this colony the Bruce Meteorite, and of recovering the 

 " smaller Meteorite found in Victoria, and now in the International 

 " Exhibition, London, and suggesting that casts and specimens of 

 " both meteorites be presented to the British Museum." 



The printed Transactions for the year 1860 were laid on the table, 

 being now ready for distribution. 



The secretary announced that the Council had decided at their 

 last meeting to give a series of lectures on scientific subjects on 

 other than the nights of ordinary meetings. .Arrangements had 

 been made for four lectures during the current year, by Dr. Richard 

 Eades, Dr. F. Mueller, Professor M'Coy, and himself. His (Dr. 

 Macadam's) lecture would be the first of the series, on " Spectrum 

 Analysis." 



