40 Proceedings, &c., for 1873. 



vatory," March and April : " Statistics of the Colony of Victoria, 

 Accumulation ; " " Bulletin de la Societe Imperial des Naturalistes 

 de Moscow," 1872; Notices de l'Academie Royale de Belgique pour 

 1873;" " Annuaire de l'Academie Royale de Belgique," 1872-3; 

 Bulletins de l'Academie Royale de Belgique, 1871-2; " Cen- 

 tieme Anniversaire de Fondation de l'Academie Royale de 

 Belgique," t. 2 ; " Annales Meteorologiques de l'Observatoire Royale 

 de Bruxelles," 1871 ; "Tables de Mortalite par A Quetelet, Jahres- 

 bericht des Frankfurter Vereins, 1870-1; " Beitrege zur Statistik 

 der Stadt Frankfurt am Main," 1871 ; " Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich- 

 Koniglichen, 1872, 2 Nos. ; "General Register," do.; " Verhand- 

 lungen," do.; " Notizblatt des Vereins fur Erdkunde," 1871-2; 

 " Transactions of the Royal Academy of Sweden," 9 Nos. 



The President presented a paper from Mr. E. K. Home, of 

 Adelaide, in which he proposed a method of finding Greenwich 

 time and longitude, whereby any error in the observations may be 

 at once and exactly known. 



Mr. E. J. White shewed the general inutility of the proposal. 



The President then read some suggestions for the construction and 

 erection of lightning conductors. (See Transactions, No. iv.) 



The President reported the receipt of a letter from W. C. Kernot, 

 Esq., stating that fifteen gentlemen had held a meeting, and formed 

 section A, for the prosecution of Physical, Astronomical, and Mechan- 

 ical Science and Engineering, and that officers had been appointed 

 provisionally, pendiug the elections in March next. 



' The consideration of Mr. A. K. Smith's paper on the Embankment 

 on the South bank of the Yarra was postponed till the 18th. 



(Signed) R. L. J. Ellery. 



Adjourned Meeting. 



Tuesday, 18th November, 1873. 



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



Mr. A. K. Smith read his paper on the new embankment on the 

 south side of the Yarra. (See Transactions, Art. No. ix.) 

 Discussion ensued. 



(Signed) R. L. J. Ellery. 



Ordinary Meeting, 



Monday, 8th December, 1873. 



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



Messrs. P. de J. Grut and J. Bosisto were elected auditors for the 

 year. 



