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A discussion ensued, in which Mr. Griffiths stated that this very 

 principle advocated by Mr. L. Morton had been applied in the 

 case of a vessel recently built. Mr. Ellery stated that the idea 

 proposed was perfectly practicable, and that there was much room 

 for something of this sort in the management of hospitals in this 

 hot climate. 



Mr. Ridge read a paper entitled " Experiences of the Barque 

 'W. H. Besse' in the Java Earthquake." 



In connection with this paper Mr. Ellery read some interesting 

 memoranda from the meteorological observers of the northern 

 parts of Western Australia, showing the effect of the Java 

 earthquake on the tides and barometers of that colony. 



July Wth, 1884. 

 Present, the President (in the chair) and 27 members and associates. 



Mr. A. C. Smith was elected an associate of the Society. 



Dr. MacGillivray's paper on " New or Little Known Polyzoa," 

 Part VII., was taken as read. 



Mr. Verbeek's report on the Krakatoa earthquake was read by 

 the President, as translated by Mr. Ploos van Amstel. The 

 thanks of the Society were directed to be conveyed to Mr. Van 

 Amstel. 



The President read a letter from Messrs. Hughes, Pye & Rigby, 

 in which they stated that the compressed-air principle for cooling 

 ships and buildings, as suggested at the last meeting by Mr. 

 Lockhart Morton, had been applied by them, some time previously, 

 on board the s.s. "You Yangs." 



Mr. Joseph read his paper on " Fire Alarms." 



Professor Kernot showed some harmonic curves produced by a 

 compound pendulum, the property of Mr. Russell, of Sydney. 



Special Meeting, August lith, 1884. 

 Present, the President (in the chair) and 38 members and associates. 



The President stated that the meeting was called in order to 

 devise some means of organising a subscription to raise a testi- 

 monial to Dr. Davy, of Malmsbury, who was now allowed on all 

 sides to have been one of the chief workers in the early develop- 

 ment of the electric telegraph. 



Professor Kernot said that he was one of the committee 

 appointed to inquire into the merits of Dr. Davy's work in 

 connection with the discovery and development of the electric 



