1880. 



PROCEEDINGS 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



March 10th f 1881. 



The President in the chair, 18 members and associates present. 



The Annual Report and Balance-sheet for 1880 were read and 

 adopted, as follow : — 



" Report of the Council of the Royal Society of Victoria, for 



the Year 1880. 



11 Your Council has the honour to submit the following report 

 for the year 1880. 



li During the past session nine ordinary meetings were held, at 

 which the following papers were read : — 



" On the 15th April Dr. MacGillivray read a paper on 'Two 

 New Genera of Polyzoa,' and Mr. Norman Taylor read a paper 

 by the Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods, F.G.S., on 'The Hodgkinson 

 Goldfield, Northern Queensland.' 



"On the 13th May Mr. W. C. Kernot, M.A., read a paper on 

 ' The Best Eorm for a Balance Beam,' and Mr. Blackett read a 

 paper by Mr. Birkmire on his ' Process for Purifying the Yan 

 Yean Water.' 



"On the 10th June Mr. Birkmire's 'Process for Purifying the 

 Yan Yean ' was discussed, the discussion occupying the whole 

 evening. 



" On the 8th July Mr. Kernot, M.A., read a paper on ' The Tay 

 Bridge,' and Professor Nanson, M,A. ; read a paper on ' Propor- 

 tional Representation. ' 



" On the 10th August a discussion took place on the papers read 

 at the previous meeting by Mr. Kernot on ' The Tay Bridge,' and 

 by Professor Nanson on ' Proportional Representation ;' Mr. Lilly 

 read ' Notes on Some Curious Effects of Lightning at Gabo Island.' 



" On the 9 th September Mr. Joseph read a paper on ' Recent 

 Improvements in Electric Lighting;' Mr. Ellery, F.R.S., exhibited 

 an Ombrograph, and read a paper descriptive of the instrument ; 

 a paper by Dr. Stirton, F.L.S., on 'Additions to the Lichen Flora 

 of Queensland,' was contributed to the Society by the Rev. J. E. 

 Tenison- Woods. 



