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Ordinary (Social) Meeting. 



Monday, 10th November, 1873. 



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



The following gentlemen were elected members of Society : — 

 Messrs. F. J. Pirani and A. M. Henderson. 



The President announced the names of the officers of the Society 

 who retire at the end of the session, namely : — President, R. L. J. 

 Ellery, Esq. ; Vice-Presidents, A. K. Smith, Esq., and Professor 

 Wilson ; Treasurer, R. Willan, Esq. ; Secretary, H. K. Rusden, Esq. ; 

 Librarian, Dr. J. E. Neild. 



Members of Council : — Dr. Barker, J. Bosisto, Esq. ; George 

 Foord, Esq., The Rev. Wm. Kelly, G. H. F. Ulrich, Esq., and 

 J. Flannagan, Esq. 



The members who retain their office being — E. Howitt, J. 

 Marshall, S. W. McGowan, Fredk. Poolman, J. T. Rudall, and 

 E. J. White, Esqrs. 



The Librarian read the following list of donations and publica- 

 tions received since the last meeting of the Society : — " Catalogue 

 of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand," F. W. Hutton, 1873; 

 " Jahres-Beriqht des Frankfurter Vereins far Geographie und 

 Statistik, 1871-2; "Report of Progress of Geological Survey of 

 Canada," 1871-2 ; " Transactions and Proceedings of New Zealand 

 Institute," Vol. V. ; "Transactions of the Royal Society of New 

 South Wales," 1871 ; " Transactions of the Royal Scottish Society 

 of Arts," Vol. VIII., Parts 3 and 4 ; Monatsbericht der K. P. 

 Akademie der Wissenchaften zu Berlin, November and December, 

 1872 ; " Australian School Review," Vol. 1, No. 1 ; " Bernard 

 Quaritch's list of valuable books," 1873, No. 12 ; " Cosmos," 

 No. 2, 1873; • ' Jahres-Bericht der Deutschen Scewarte," 1872; 

 "Nature," Nos. 176 to 191 (No. 181 missing) ; "Natural History 

 and Scientific Book Circular," No. 6 ; Monthly Notices of Meteoro- 

 logical Society of Mauritius," October 1872, and February 1873; 

 " Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society," 

 Vol. II., 1873; "Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society," 

 Vol. XVI, No. 2 ; " Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society," 

 Vol. XXIX., No. 114; " Mittheilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft 

 fur Natur und Volkerkunde Ostasiens (1st part), May 1873 ; 

 " Statistics of the Colony of Victoria," 1872, Part 3 ; " Journal of 

 the Statistical Society," December, 1872; "Proceedings of the 

 Royal Society of Edinburgh," 1871-2 ; "Transactions and Proceed- 

 ings of the Botanical Society," 14 parts ; " Proceedings of the 

 Royal Society," No. 130 to 137 ; " Bye-laws of Institute of Civil 

 Engineers," 1873; "Transactions of the Institute of Naval Archi- 

 tects," 1872 ; " Twentieth Report of Liverpool Free Public Library," 

 "Nature," Nos, 192 to 195; "Journal of Applied Science," Nos. 

 36 to 41 ; " Monthly Record of Observations at Melbourne Obser- 



