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eaten in quantities by children, seemed to be beneficial to them. 

 The acid principle contained in the sheaoak apples also seemed 

 to be beneficial to them. He considered Port MacDonnell a 

 more healthy place for summer resort than either Victoria, 

 Sydney, or Tasmania. He considered a railway to the hills a 

 matter of national importance, as bj that means persons 

 engaged in town during the heat of the day in summer could 

 retire to the hills at night and recuperate their exhausted 

 energies. In his experience with children — and he had brought 

 up a few — he found that they throve when allowed to sleep and 

 play in the lower rooms during hot weather, but when kept on 

 the second floor they drooped, and when taken to the top storey 

 they became prostrated— proving that coolness was necessary 

 to their health. 



Mr. Gr. H. Hamilton wished some one would speak a good 

 word for our climate. "What with Grlen Osmond stone, blue 

 slate, heat, &c, a stranger would think we possessed a climate 

 like that of Cape Coast Castle. He arrived in the colony at a 

 very early period in its history, and had managed to live 

 through all the fearful and fatal changes of temperature. He 

 had not found the climate affect him since his arrival in 1839, 

 but then he was more than one year old. 



Dr. J. M. GrKSOis - remarked that the comparisons of infant 

 mortality made that evening were between the Australian 

 colonies only, in which comparisons South Australia came out 

 unfavorably ; but our deathrate was not so great as in England, 

 and it was considerably lower than in many other countries. 



Dr. S. J. Magarey said he had stated that our climate was 

 favorable to adults. He found that the upper rooms in his 

 house were much warmer than the lower, the top rooms being 

 hot, the next below being warm, and the lowest cool. He 

 believed the planting of wattles would be beneficial in many 

 ways. He had found an infusion of the bark very useful in 

 some cases during his practice. 



Mr. Adamso>* suggested that Dr. Gunson should give a paper 

 upon "Tree-planting, and its effect upon Climate." 



Dr. J. M. G-uxsoA" promised if possible to do so. 



The vote of thanks to the author was carried. 



Ordinary Meetixg, December 3, 187S. 



Professor E. Tate, E.Gr.S., President, in the chair. 



The Hoy. Secretary laid upon the table — "The Victorian 

 Year Book," by H. H. Hayter ; " On Evaporation. Eainfall, 

 and Elastic Force of Vapour,'' by J. E. Mann. 



Mr. E. W. Way, physician, was nominated as an ordinary 

 member, and Mr. E. H. Lees, surveyor, was elected an ordinary 

 member. 



