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13th October, 1881. 



B,. L. J. Ellery, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair — Present, 

 33 members and associates. 



Mr. T. Hewlett, M.R.C.S., Mr. J. D. Kirkland, M.B., and Mr. 



C. J. Lucas were elected members of the Society. 



Mr. W. W. Culcheth, M.I.C.E., read a paper on " The Drainage 

 of Melbourne." 



Mr. H. Moors read a paper on " The Sea-cell as a Possible 

 Source of Danger in Torpedo Experiments." 



(Signed) Poet. L. J. Ellery. 



10th November, 1881. 



P. L. J. Ellery, Esq., F.P.S., President, in the Chair — Present, 

 17 members and associates. 



Mr. W. J. Daley and Mr. W. H. H. Lane were elected members 

 of the Society. 



Mr. W. H. Einney, Mr. C. Powan, and Mr. H. A. Slater were 

 elected associates. 



A discussion took place on Mr. Culcheth's paper, entitled " The 

 Drainage of Melbourne." 



(Signed) Pobt. L. J. Ellery. 



8th December, 1881. 



P. L. J. Ellery, Esq., F.P.S., President, in the Chair — Present, 

 12 members and associates. 



Mr. B. Baker, Mr. F. A. Campbell, Mr. F. A. Dunn, and Mr. 

 S. H. Pidge were elected members of the Society. 



Mr. Culcheth, M.I.C.E., read a paper on "Floods on the River 

 Barwon." 



Mr. Ellery, F.P.S., read a paper by Mr. Sutton on "A New 

 Form of Secondary Cell for Electrical Storage." Mr. Sutton was 

 requested to forward a cell for examination by a committee, 

 consisting of Mr. Joseph and Mr. Kirkland. 



Dr. MacGillivray read a paper, " Descriptions of New Polyzoa," 

 and exhibited some specimens of membranipora. 



