118 Proceedings, c^c, for 1877, 



" On the 10th of May the President read a paper on ' The 

 Present State of Meteorology/ and the discussion on Mr. Pirani's 

 paper ' On Force' was continued. 



" On the 14th of June Mr. W. C. Kernot read some notes * On 

 the Construction of Telescope Tubes/ and Mr. T. E. Rawlinson 

 read one * On the Coast Line between Warrnambool and Belfast, 

 and the Permanence of Meteorological Phenomena over long 

 Periods.' 



" On the 12th of July ^ Notes on Barometer Construction' were 

 read by Mr. G. Poord, and the President described a new method 

 of regulating clocks. 



" On the 9th of August Mr. EUery read a description of a new 

 form of galvanic battery, and notes of the disturbance of water in 

 tanks by the late earthquake ; and a paper was contributed by the 

 Rev. Julian E. T. Woods, of New South Wales, on ' New Marine 

 Mollusca.' 



" On the 13th of September a paper by Mr. F. C. Christy, 

 entitled * Notes from a Journal in Japan/ was read by Mr. 

 Howitt ; and another was read by Mr. Sutherland ' On the 

 Probability that a Connection of Causation will be shown to exist 

 between the Attraction of Gravitation and the Molecular Energy 

 of Matter.' 



"On the 11th of October Dr. Jamieson read his paper, entitled 

 * Experiments on the Comparative Power of some Disinfectants 

 when Vaporised.' 



" On the 8th of November Mr. Patching read a paper on * Heat 

 and Molecular Energy/ and Dr. Jamieson's paper on * Disin- 

 fectants' was discussed. Mr. Etheridge, F.G.S., of the Geological 

 Survey of Scotland, contributed a paper, entitled ' Palaeozoic 

 Actinology in Australia ;' and Mr. S. R. Deverell's paper, 

 entitled * On the Ratio of the Length and Height of Sea Waves,' 

 was read by the President. 



"On the 13th of December Mr. A. Mica Smith contributed 

 notes of * Some Experiments in Gold Bullion Assay,' and the 

 President read some notes on the Satellites of Mars. Mr. Kernot 

 then described the Telephone. 



" During the year a new Law (No. LIX.) has been added to 

 the Rules, providing for the election of Honorary Corresponding 

 Members not resident in Victoria. 



" Volume XIII. of the Society's Transactions is now in the 

 press and nearly ready for issue, and Volume XIV. will be pub- 

 lished as soon as possible afterwards. 



