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The Institute then proceeded to elect from these six members of 

 Council by ballot, the period of office to be two years. 

 The following gentlemen were duly elected : — 



Charles Whybrow Ligar, Esq., Surveyor General. 



Professor George Neumayer, Government Meteorologist. 



Clement Hodgkinson, Esq., Deputy Surveyor General. 



John Millar, Esq., C.E., F.S.A. 



Dr. Gilbee, and 



Thomas E. Rawlinson, Esq., C.E. 

 The Institute then separated. 



30th March, 1859. 



Ordinary Meeting of the Institute. 



Dr. Ferdinand Mueller, President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the anniversary meeting for 1859 were read and 

 confirmed, and several new members were introduced to the Insti- 

 tute by the President. 



The Secretary read the names of two candidates for honorary 

 membership, and one name for ordinary membership, to be balloted 

 for at the succeeding meeting. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members of 

 the Institute, Professors Irving and Wilson acting as scrutineers : — 

 Dilmond John Howes, Esq., C.E., Belfast. 

 Eichard W. Larrett, Esq., District Surveyor, Sandhurst. 

 Octavius Lanktree, Esq., Victorian Railway Department. 

 Thomas Brown, jun., Esq., Gardiner's Creek Road. 



The Reverend John I. Bleasdale moved " That Samuel M 'Go wan, 

 Esq., Superintendent of Electric Telegraphs, be a member of Council, 

 m place of Dr. Iffla, elected a Vice-President at the previous meeting." 

 This was seconded by Mr. Edwin Jones. Dr. Macadam proposed 

 " Dr. Ludwig Becker, formerly a member of Council, for the vacant 

 office." This was seconded by Dr. Iffla. 



Professor Wilson moved, prior to the ballot, " That before any 

 member of the Institute be allowed to vote, he should produce proof 

 that he had paid his subscription." This was seconded by Professor 

 Irving. The Reverend Mr. Higginson thought the suggestion was 

 unworthy of a Philosophical Society ; he urged that the honor of 

 the members should be trusted in the matter. Professor Wilson's 

 motion was put and lost. 



Professor Wilson protested against the vote of any member being 

 received whose name did not appear in the list of members not in 

 arrear, which was then in the hands of the Treasurer. 



