1878. 

 PEOCEEDI]SrGS 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 

 Idth March, 1879. 



The President in the chair — Present, 14 members. 



The Annual Report and Balance-sheet for 1878 were read, as 

 follows : — 



" Report of the Council of the Royal Society of Victoria 

 for the year 1878. 



"Your Council has the honour to report that the following 

 papers were read during the session of 1878 : — 



" On the 11th of April Dr. Jamieson read a paper on ' Photo- 

 graphs on the Ketina/ Mr. Josephs exhibited a new form of 

 circuit closer for torpedo firing ; and Mr. Pirani exhibited Sir 

 William Thompson's electric replenisher. 



'^On the 16th of May Mr. Foord read a resume of Mr. A. M. 

 Smith's paper on ' Gold Bullion Assay ;' Mr. Kernot exhibited a 

 phonograph constructed by Mr. Kirkland. 



"On the 14th of June Mr. Pirani exhibited Sir William 

 Thomson's new form of Daniell's constant battery ; Mr. Kernot 

 read a paper on the ^ Strength of Columns ;' Dr. Jamieson read a 

 paper on * Some Points of Resemblance in the Respiration of 

 Plants and Animals;' and Mr. Sutherland exhibited a phono- 

 graph. 



"On the 11th of July Dr. Wilkie submitted a paper on the 

 cycloid curve ; Mr. Pirani exhibited a microphone. 



" On the 12th of September Mr. Ellery read a paper on a pro- 

 posed new method of employing photography in military surveys. 



"On the 17th of October Dr. Jamieson read a paper on 'The 

 Perception of Colour.' 



" On the 1 4th of November Mr. Ellery read a paper on * The 

 Supposed Intramercurial Planet^' and Mr, Sutherland read a 



