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THOMAS E. RAWLINSON, C.E. 



Mr. Rawlinson was one of the founders of the Philosophical 

 Institute, in 1854. He was subsequently active in promoting the 

 union of that society with the Victorian Institute, the combined 

 society receiving the name of the " Royal Society of Victoria." For 

 many years Mr. Rawlinson was a member of the Council, and devoted 

 himself with much zeal to extend the usefulness of the Society. 



In 1856 Mr. Rawlinson read a paper entitled " The Importance 

 of Sanitary Works for Towns, having Especial Reference to Colling- 

 wood, with Suggested Remedial Works for that District." 



In 1857 he read a short note on a sawfish recently captured in 

 Hobson's Bay. 



In 1862 he read t( Suggestions for the Formation of a Colonial 

 Navy, and for Securing Speedy and Certain Communication with 

 Europe and Defence of our Coast in Time of War." 



In 1863 he read reports on the entrance to the Gippsland Lakes. 



In 1864 he read "Notes on the Tidal Phenomena of Hobson's 

 Bay, as Affecting the Discharge of Flood Waters from the River 

 Yarra." 



In 1865 he read a paper on the " Probable Erosion of the Moun- 

 tain Ranges of Gippsland." 



In 1874 he read " Notes on the Discovery of Keys near Geelong;" 

 also a paper on the " Importance of a More Close and Systematic 

 Observation of the Oceanic and Atmospheric Phenomena of our 

 Coasts;" also a paper on the " Past and Present of the Port of Mel- 

 bourne, and Proposed Works for its Improvement." 



In 1876 he again returned to the subject of the improvement of 

 the port of Melbourne. 



In 1877 he read a paper on the a Coast-line Formation of the 

 Western District, and Proofs of the Uniform Condition of Meteoro- 

 logical Phenomena over Long Periods of Time." 



