xxxvi Proceedings, &c. 



Observations on the Cultivation of the Silk-worm and its Nutri- 

 ment, with special reference to the raising of the Cocoons for Exporta- 

 tion, by J. J. Stutzer, Esq., being chiefly extracts from a new work on 

 the subject, by Mr. Martelli. 



In subsequent conversation, Dr. Mueller offered to supply any 

 member of the Society with cuttings of mulberry trees for experi- 

 mental purposes. 



(Signed) Henry Barkly. 



10th August, 1863. 



10th August, 1863. 



Ordinary Meeting. 



His Excellency, Sir Henry Barkly, K.C.B., &c. &c. &c, in the chair. 



The following gentleman's name was read as a candidate for 

 election as Ordinary Member at the next Ordinary Meeting : — 



Nathaniel Levi, Esq., M.L.A. 



Ferdinand Mueller, Esq., M.D., Ph.D., &c, was unanimously 

 elected Secretary, vice R. Brough Smyth, Esq., resigned. 



E. G. Fitzgibbon, Esq., was elected a Member of Council, vice 

 W. H. Archer, Esq., resigned. 



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

 of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences," Vol. IV., V., VII., 

 and Part 1 of Vol. VIII. — presented by the American Academy of 

 Arts and Sciences. " Stuart's, Landsborough's, and M'Kinlay's Ex- 

 ploring Expeditions across the Continent of Australia," 1 volume — 

 presented by the Exploration Committee. " Astronomical Observa- 

 tions made at the Sydney Observatory in the year 1859 " — presented 

 by His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, K.C.B. 



A paper, " Geological Notes, collected during a three months' 

 leave of absence spent in a Trip from Melbourne to the Upper 

 Burdekin, Queensland," by R. Daintree, Esq. 



(Signed) Redmond Barry, Chairman. 



31st August, 1863. 



31s£ August, 1863. 



Ordinary Meeting. 



Sir Redmond Barry, Vice-President, in the chair. 



Acknowledgments from Baron Liebig, President of the Royal 

 Academy at Munich ; H. C. Cox, Esq., Librarian of the Bodleian 

 University Library, Oxford ; and Professor Petermann, of Gotha, 

 for copies of this Society's Transactions. 



