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Dr. Macadam [as Secretary], 



The Rev. H. Higginson, and 



The Mover, 

 be appointed to inquire into, and draw up a report upon the best 

 system of Sewerage for the City of Melbourne." 

 The Institute then separated. 



2'ird June, 1859. 



Ordinary Meeting. 



Clement Hodgkinson, Esq., C.E., in the chair. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 

 Members present for the first time were introduced to the Institute 

 by the Chairman. 



The Secretary read the names of two candidates for Ordinary Mem- 

 bership, to be ballotted for at the next Ordinary Meeting. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members of 

 the Institute, Lieut. Amsinck and Dr. Wilkie acting as scrutineers : — 

 The Hon. Henry Miller, M.L.C., Melbourne. 

 Martin Gardiner, Esq., C.E., Emerald Hill. 

 J. B. Hickson, Esq., Homoeopathist, Melbourne. 

 William Paterson, Esq., Assayer, St. Kilda. 

 The following gentlemen were elected Honorary Members of the 

 Institute : — 



His Excellency Sir William Denison, K.C.B., F.R.S., Governor- 

 General, Lieut. -Colonel R.E., President of the Philosophical 

 Society of New South Wales, &c, &c. 

 Professor H. R. Goeppert, Knight, M.D., Ph.D., Privy Council- 

 lor of State for Medicine, Professor of Medicine and Botany 

 in the University of Breslau, &c, &c. 

 The Secretary laid upon the table, as a contribution, "A Report of 

 the Select Committee appointed by the Legislative Council to inquire 

 into the condition of the Aborigines of Victoria," with an illustration 

 by Dr. Becker. 



The Secretary stated he had received a communication from His 

 Excellency the Governor, forwarding to the Institute a circular issued 

 by the "Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and 

 Commerce," London, requesting information on the natural resources 

 of the colony. He also read the recommendation of the Council of 

 the Institute, that the following gentlemen form a Committee for the 

 purpose : — 



Clement Hodgkinson, Esq. C.E., Deputy Surveyor-General 



Dr. Mueller, Government Botanist 



A. K. C. Selwyn, Esq., Government Geologist 



Dr. Macadam, Government Analytical Chemist 



