1879. 

 PEOCEEDIKaS 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 

 March 11th, 1880. 



The President in the chair, and sixteen members present. 



The annual report and balance-sheet for 1879 were read and 

 adopted as follow : — 



" Report of the Council of the Royal Society for the year 1879. 



" Your Council has the honour to report that during the past 

 session one special and nine ordinary meetings were held. At the 

 latter the following papers were read : — 



" On the 8 th May Mr. Ellery read a paper on ' The Relation 

 Between Forest Lands and Climate in Victoria;' Sir Redmond 

 Barry gave an account of some MSS. collected by the late Gover- 

 nor Latrobe, and at present deposited in the Melbourne Public 

 Library ; Mr. W. C. Kernot read a paper contributed by Mr. F. 

 A. Campbell, C.E., on the * Tensile Strength of some Australian 

 Timbers.' 



" On the 12th June Mr. A. W. Howitt, F.G.S., read a precis of 

 his paper on the ' Diorites and Granites of Swift's Creek, Omeo ; 

 Mr. Ellery read some extracts from a paper by the Rev. J. E. 

 Tenison- Woods, F.G.S., on 'A New Species of the Genus 

 Amathia.' 



"On the 11th July Mr. Bosisto read extracts from a paper by 

 the Rev. Mr. Codrington, with Notes by the Eev. Mr. Fison, on 

 'The Customs of the Mota Tribes of the Banks Island/ Mr. J. 

 Cosmo Newbery, B.Sc, read ' Notes on New Mineral Localities of 

 Victoria. ' 



"On the 14th August Mr. Ellery read a paper on the 'Tidal 

 Datum of Hobson's Bay ;' Mr. Joseph read a paper on ' Professor 



