Proceedings. XvVil 
Institute of Victoria :—President, Captain Clarke, R.E.; vice-presidents, 
his Honor Mr. Justice Barry aud Godfrey Howitt, Esq., M.D.; council, 
the present members of the council of the Philosophical Society and of 
the Victorian Institute ; treasurer, D. E. Wilkie, Isq., M.D.; honorary 
secretaries, S. Wekey, Esq., R. B. Smyth, Esq., W. 8. Gibbons, Esq, 
That the members of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria shall 
consist of fellows, resident and honorary members. That fellows shall 
be elected from among the resident members by ballot, at the monthly 
meetings of the society; the proportion of votes for deciding the 
election of fellows to be at least four-fifths of the members voting. That 
peident members be admitted on application to, and approval by the 
council. 
That honorary membership shall be considered one of the highest 
marks of distinction the society can confer. 
That the objects of the Philosophical Institute shall be as stated in 
the prospectus of the Philosophical Society, viz. :—The objects of the 
society shall embrace the whole field of science, with a special reference 
to the cultivation of those departments that are calculated to develope 
the natural resources of the country. 
That the mode of operation stated in the prospectus of the Philo- 
sophical Society be adopted, with some addition, viz. :—The objects of 
the society will be carried out by original researches conducted by the 
members, and by original papers, to be read-at the periodical meetings, 
and published under the direction of the society; and by such other 
means as may be deemed expedient. 
That the principle set forth in the paragraph headed ‘“ Bye laws and 
Regulations,” in the prospectus of the Philosophical Society, viz. :— 
‘« The society shall be definitely established on the principle of the 
Royal Society of London, as far as the existing bye-laws and regulations 
of that Society may be applicable to the present local circumstances of 
Victoria,”—be rejected, inasmuch as the regulations of the Royal Society 
of London forbid the discussion of papers read at general meetings,— 
such discussion being deemed desirable, and forming an essential part of 
the scheme of the Victorian Institute. That bye-laws and regulations 
be therefore framed hereafter by the Philosophical Institute. 
That with regard to the property of the society, the specimens of 
natural history contributed to the society shall be considered the property 
of the National Museum until otherwise ordered and resolved by the 
annual general meeting of the society. 
That the resolution of the annual general meeting, shall not ex- 
tend to those specimens that are found in actual possession of the 
society at the time of such resolution being brought in, such specimens 
being already the property of the National Museum; but merely to such 
specimens as may be collected after the date of the said resolution being 
made. 
That every paper, plan, model, &c., presented to the society shall be 
considered the property thereof, unless there shall have been made some 
previous arrangements with the donor; and the council may publish 
such paper, and a description of such plan or model, any time they think 
proper. j 
No member shall publish on his own account, or give his consent for 
publication of, any written communication read to the society, without 
the previous consent of the council. 
