xlii Proceedings, &c. 



12th October, 1863. 



Ordinary Meeting. 



No quorum. 



2nd November, 1863. 



Ordinary Meeting. 



The Hon. John Macadam, M.D., Vice-President, in the chair. 



F. C. Christie, Esq., was elected a Member of Council, vice Dr. 

 Mueller, elected Secretary. 



The following Contributions were laid on the table, viz. : — " Ueber 

 den Bau der Riesenbetten der Vorzeit,"by His Majesty King Frederick 

 VII. of Denmark — presented by the Royal Archaeological Society of 

 Copenhagen." " Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich Koniglichen Geologischen 

 Reichsanstalt " — presented by the Imperial Geological Institute of 

 Vienna. "Fragmenta Phytographiee Australia," No. 25 — presented 

 by Dr. Mueller. " Journal of the Royal Dublin Society," No. 29 — 

 presented by the Society. Paper, " On a double-jointed Uterine 

 Pessary," and paper "On Delivery on the Right Side" — presented 

 by the author, the Hon. D. E. Wilkie, M.D., M.L.C. " Proceedings 

 of the Royal Society of London," No. 56 of Vol. XII. — presented by 

 the Society, A paper " On a Method of Determining Personal 

 Equation by Chronographic Registration," by R. L. J. Ellery, Esq., 

 F.R.A.S., &c. 



Dr. Mueller exhibited a specimen of so-called " Vegetable Gold," 

 discovered by W. Shaffue, Esq., and obtained from the root of a 

 Mexican species of Trixis, and forwarded to him by Dr. Schultz, of 

 the Palatinate. Dr. Mueller described the plant, and exhibited 

 specimens of kindred plants. 



(Signed) John Macadam, MD., Vice-President. 



23rd November, 1863. 



23rd November, 1863. 



Ordinary Meeting. 



The Hon. John Macadam, M.D., Vice-President, in the chair. 



The name of Germain Nicholson, Esq., was read as a candidate 

 for Life Membership, to be balloted for at the next Meeting. 



Moved by A. K. Smith, Esq., and carried — 



" That E. G. Fitzgibbon, Esq., be appointed Librarian, ad interim." 



