Proceedings, &c, for 1873. 37 



say. I have to apologise to the society for not having completed a 

 catalogue up to the present time, but I will take the earliest oppor- 

 tunity of doing so. James Edward Neild, M.D., Hon. Librarian. 



The proceedings then terminated. 



(Signed), 



R. L. J. Ellery, Esq., 



President. 



Ordinary Meeting. 



Wednesday, lith May, 1873. 



The President, R. L. J. Ellery, Esq., in the chair. 



The President announced that His Excellency the Governor had 

 kindly acceded to the request of the council that he would accept 

 the office of Patron to the Society. 



The Librarian acknowledged the receipt of the following 

 publications : — "Nature," Nos. 164 to 175 ; "New Theory of the 

 Figure of the Earth, by Wm. O'Gilby, Esq. • " Catalogue of Photo- 

 graphs in the British Museum ;" " Journal of the Royal Dublin 

 Society," No. 2, vol. 6 ; " Reports of Geological Explorations," by 

 James Hector, M.D. ; " Seventh Annual Report of the Colonial 

 Museum and Laboratory, New Zealand ;" " Monthly Record of the 

 Melbourne Observatory for January and February ; " Statistics of 

 the Colony of \ ictoria," Part VIII. ; Annuaire de l'Academie Royale 

 de Belgique, 1870 ;" Bulletins de l'Academie Royale de Belgique, 

 1869," T. 27 and 28; " Annales M eteorologique de l'Observatoire 

 Royale de Belgique, 1869 ;" " Cosmos di Guido Cora, Torino, 

 1873 ;" " Die Aufgabe des Chemischen Unterrichts, von Dr. Emil 

 Erlenmeyer;" " Abhandlungen, der Mathematisch-Physikalischen 

 Classe, Miinchen, 1871 ;" "Die Erdgeschichte odor Geologie, von 

 Robert Grassman ;" " Sitzungsberichte der Kouigl bayer Akademie 

 der Wissenchaften zer Miinchen, 1869 to 1871 "—8 Nos.; " Ver- 

 handlungen des Naturhisrorisch-Medicinischen Vereins zer Heidel- 

 berg, 1872;" " Almanach der Konigl-bayerischen Akademie der 

 Wissenschaften, 1871;" " Memoirs de la Societe Royale des Anti- 

 quaires du Nord, 1871-2 ;" " Pamphlet on Australian Kinship," by 

 L. H. Morgan, presented by Rev. L. Fison;" "Catalogue of the 

 Described Coleoptera of Australia," by Mr. George Masters," presented 

 by Mr. French, 4 parts. Totals — English, 1 2 ; Colonial, 9 ; 

 German, 13 ; Belgian, 4 ; Italian, 1 ; Swedish, 1 ; American, 1. 



Mr. A. K. Smith then read a paper on " The Storm Waters of 

 Elizabeth and Swanston streets, Melbourne, and how to prevent 

 them" See Transactions, Art. No.i.) 



Discussion followed. 



(Signed) R. L. J. Elli.rt. 



