xxxiv Proceedings, fyc. 



subsequently held." The Law, as amended, therefore stands thus : — 

 " XI. The President, the Vice-Presidents, the Treasurer, and the 

 Secretary shall be separately elected by ballot, in the above-named 

 order, at the Anniversary Meeting, and the six vacancies in the 

 Council shall be then filled up together by ballot. Those Members 

 only shall be eligible for any office whose names, together with those 

 of their proposers and seconders, shall have been posted in the Hall 

 of the Institute one clear week before the Anniversary Meeting. 

 The posting of a name for any office shall be held a nomination for 

 any office, the election to which is subsequently held." 



The Secretary intimated that Part I., Vol. iV., for 1859, was ready 

 for distribution among the members present. 



Dr. Mueller then delivered a very eloquent address, appropriate to 

 the occasion of the opening of the new Hall, after which the Institute 

 separated. — [Vide "Transactions."] 



9th January, 1 860. 

 Special General Meeting. 



The President of the Institute in the chair. 



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

 firmed. 



The following contributions were laid upon the table : — Parts 1 to 

 12, from January to December, 1858, inclusive, of Vols. XI. and XII. 

 of the "Zeitschrift fur geammte Naturwissenschaften" — from the 

 editors. The first and second parts for 1858 of the "Bibliotheca 

 Historico Naturalis Physico Chemico et Mathematica" — from the 

 publishers. "Observations on the Magnetic Orbit," by the Rev. H. 

 M. Grover, Hitcham Rectory, Bucks — presented by W. A. Grover, 

 Esq. "Proeschel's Map of Victoria" — by the compiler. "Treatise on 

 Railway and Harbor Accommodation for Victoria, &c." — by the 

 authors. Nos. 9 and 10 of Dr. Mueller's "Fragmenta Phytographise 

 Australia?" — by the author. The following contributions, transmitted 

 to the Institute by S. P. Lord, Esq., Melbourne, viz. : — " Barnard's 

 American Journal of Education," Vol. I., 1856. "Report of the Com- 

 missioner of Patents for the year 1855," published by order of the 

 House of Representatives at Washington, U.S., viz: — 2 vols. "Patents 

 in Mechanics," and one vol. "Patents in Agriculture." The "Tran- 

 sactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, U.S." — by the 

 Society. " Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences at Philadelphia 

 for 1856, including the Act of Incorporation and Bye-Laws of the 

 Society" — by the Academy. " Proceedings of the Boston Society of 



