Proceedings, Ac, for 1881. 127 



" On the 8th December Mr. W. W. Culcheth, M.I.C.E., read a 

 paper on 'The Floods on the River Barwon.' Mr. Ellery, F.R S., 

 read a paper by Mr. Stirling on ' The Topography of the Austra- 

 lian Alps,' and a paper by Mr. Sutton on a 'New Form of 

 Secondary Cell for Electrical Storage.' Mr. MacGillivray read a 

 paper, i Descriptions of New Polyzoa,' and exhibited specimens of 

 all the Victorian species of membranipora. 



" Volume XVII. of the Transactions of the Society was issued 

 on the 10th May, and forwarded to the Members and to the 

 Societies entitled to receive it. Volume XVIII. is in the hands 

 of the printers, and will be ready for the Members during the 

 course of next month. 



" Your Council has with regret to announce the retirement of 

 Mr. P. de Jersey Grut from the office of Hon. Treasurer, which 

 he has held for so long a time, and with so unfailing a devotion to 

 the interests of the Society. The office thus rendered vacant has 

 been filled by the election of Mr. H. Moors. 



"Your Council has with regret to record the death of F. J. 

 Pirani, M.A." 



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