Proceedings, &c. xxxv 



rapidly. Fire is obtained sometimes in thirty seconds, and it is 

 derived from Hedycarya pseudomorus. 



Henry Watts, Esq., made some remarks on the Fossil Polyzoa, col- 

 lected by him in Lady Bay, near Warrnambool, and exhibited under 

 the microscope specimens of Foramanifera, and Fossil Polyzoa, 

 selected from a collection of fossil shells obtained by Mr. John 

 Allen, about thirty miles east of Warrnambool, and extending along 

 the coast for six or seven miles — the deposit being from thirty to 

 forty feet in thickness. 



A " Report on the Entrance to the Gipps Land Lakes," by Thos. 

 E. Rawlinson, C.E., was read by the Secretary. 



(Signed) David Wilkie, Chairman. 



20th July, 1863. 



Oedinaey Meeting. 



The Hon. D. Wilkie, M.L.C., in the chair, 



Mr. Smyth having resigned the office of Secretary, Dr. Mueller 

 kindly volunteered to act until the election of his successor. 



Letter from Professor Neumayer was read, inviting members to 

 inspect his apparatus, recently constructed, for determining the 

 length of Pendulum, vibrating seconds in the latitude of Melbourne. 



The invitation accepted with thanks. 



The gentlemen nominated at the last Meeting for Ordinary 

 Membership, were balloted for and declared duly elected. 



The following contributions were laid on the table: — "Proceedings 

 of the Meteorological Society of Mauritius," 2 numbers — presented 

 by the Society. " Melbourne University Calender" for 1863-4: — 

 presented by the Council of the University. " JSTova Acta Regise 

 Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis," 4 Vols., Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 — 

 presented by the Royal Society of Upsala. " Proceedings of the 

 Royal Society of London," Vol. XII. , No. 54 — presented by the 

 Society. Eleven Quarter-Sheets of the " Geological Survey of 

 Victoria" — presented by A. R. C. Selwyn, Esq. "Nouvelles Obser- 

 vations sur la Maladie de la Vigne " — presented by the author, 

 Mons. Victor Chatel (de vire). 



Resolved, — " That the members of the Royal Society of Victoria 

 "should take steps to testify their appreciation of the services of 

 " His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, K.C.B., &c, who has, for so 

 " many years, acted as Patron and President, and done so much 

 " towards furthering the main and permanent objects of the 

 " Society. 



" That Sir Redmond Barry, Sir W. F. Stawell, the Hon. John 

 "Macadam, M.D., the Hon. D. E. Wilkie, M.L.C., Professor M'Coy, 

 " and Dr. Mueller, be a Committee for carrying out the object of the 

 " resolution." 



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