1876. 

 PROCEEDINGS. 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 

 Held in the Library of the Society , Monday ^ March \^thj 1876. 



George Foord, F.C.S., Yice-President, in the chair. 



The election of office-bearers for 1876 took place, with the 

 following results ; — 



President : R. L. J. Ellery, F.R.S., &c. 



Vice-Presidents : G. Foord and E. J. White. 



Hon. Treasurer : Percy de J. Grut. 



Hon. Secretary : F. J. Pirani. 



Hon. Librarian : Dr. James E. Neild. 



Members of Council: J. Bosisto, W. C, Kernot, T. E. 

 Rawlinson, H. K. Rusden, G. H. F. XJlrich, Professors 

 H. M. Andrew and E. J. Nanson. 



Annual Report and Balance-sheet for 1876 were read and 

 adopted, as follows : — 



Report of the Council of the Royal Society for the year 1876. 



" Your Council has the honour to report that the papers and 

 notes read, instruments exhibited, &c., since last Annual Meeting 

 are as follow : — ♦ 



*' On the 11th of May Mr. Gardiner gave an abstract of a paper 

 by him on ' Geodetic Surveying,' and Mr. Ellery exhibited a 

 ' Radiometer.' 



** On the 8th of June Mr. Rawlinson read a continuation of his 

 paper * On the Improvement of the Harbour of Melbourne ;' and 

 Mr. Ellery gave an account of the Great Paris Telescope. 



" On the 10th of July Mr. Ellery exhibited a form of Thom- 

 son's Quadrant Electrometer ; ]\ir. Foord exhibited a Gas-pressure 

 Gauge ; Mr. Pirani exhibited a Lecture Apparatus for Measuring 



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