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Mr. Bryson stated his intention of reading the second part of his 

 paper at an early date. 



Mr. Gardiner's paper, at the request of the author, was postponed 

 for six weeks. 



The Institute then separated. 



26th October, 1859, 



Ordinary Meeting. 



The President, Dr. Mueller, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the previous Ordinary Meeting were read and con- 

 firmed, and members present for the first time were introduced to 

 the Institute by the Chairman. 



The following gentlemen were didy elected Ordinary Members of 

 the Institute, Lieut. Amsinck, R.N., and the Hon. Dr. Wilkie, M.L.C., 

 acting as scrutineers. 



Charles Le Gould, Esq., C.E., Melbourne. 

 Hugh Chambers, Esq., Solicitor, Melbourne. 



The Secretary laid a contribution on the table, entitled " Consti- 

 tutional Representation," dedicated to the Electors of Victoria, by 

 " Amor Patriae." 



Some discussion ensued as to the propriety of receiving contribu- 

 tions in literature of a political character. 



The President ruled that while according to the Laws of the Insti- 

 tute, contributions of a literary character were receivable, still that 

 the members in accepting of such did not thereby express any 

 opinion as to their merit, or the opinions expressed in them. 



The Secretary read an extract from a letter, forwarded to the 

 President by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, intimat- 

 ing that a contribution from that Academy, in the form of several 

 volumes of Transactions, had been forwarded to the Institute. 



P. H. MacGillivray, Esq., M.A., M.R.C.S., read a paper, entitled, 

 " On the Cheilostomatous Polyzoa of Victoria." — [Vide "Transac- 

 tions."] 



Dr. MacGillivray's paper was illustrated by numerous specimens of 

 the Polyzoa, which were exhibited under several powerful microscopes. 



The Honorary Secretary then read a paper, contributed by the Rev. 

 Julian Edmund Woods, of Penola, South Australia, and entitled 

 "On some Tertiary Rocks at Portland Bay." — [Vide Transactions."] 



A discussion ensued. 



The Secretary, on behalf of the President, Dr. Mueller, intimated 

 the probability of the Institute being honored by the presence, at its 

 next meeting, of Dr. Hochstetter, and possibly by a communication 

 from that Naturalist. 



The Institute then separated. 



