liv Proceedings, $$c. 



avoirdupois, and again, on calculation, to 38.3288 lbs. troy weight, 

 or 38 lbs. 3 ozs. 18 dwts. 12 grs. troy. The gold itself has a higher 

 per centage of silver than usual on assay, but may be valued at 

 ,£3 10s. per ounce troy. 



At this value the gold in each ton, as stated, would be worth 

 .£1,609 14s. 9d. sterling, viz. : — Sixteen hundred and nine pounds 

 fourteen shillings and nine pence sterling. When the value of the 

 tin ore present, viz., £25 is added, a total value per ton of 2,240 lbs. 

 avoirdupois is yielded of £1,634 14s. 9d. The gold present, how- 

 ever, was not so rich as that found at Ballarat, but rather re- 

 sembled the Omeo gold, having a large amount of silver in it ; but 

 making all allowances, it would be worth, as said, £3 10s. an ounce. 

 The district extended for about fifty miles, and in no place had the 

 black sand been found to be non-auriferous. 



The Hon. Dr. Wilkie, M.L.C., as Honorary Treasurer of the "Ex- 

 ploration Committee," read the fourth report of the Committee. 



It was then moved by Mr. Acheson, and seconded by Dr. Mac- 

 kenna, "That the report as read be adopted, and printed in the 

 "Transactions." Carried. [Vide " Reports of Committees."] 



A special meeting was ordered to to be held for the reading of 

 the papers of Mr. Morton and Dr. Wilkie. 



The President, having vacated the chair, which was taken by Dr. 

 Iffla, exhibited and described the plants collected by Mr. Stuart in his 

 late expedition. — [Vide "Transactions."] 



The Institute then separated. 



23rd January, 1860. 

 Special Meeting. 



The President, Dr. Mueller, in the chair. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed, and 

 the following contributions laid upon the table: — "The 11th Annual 

 Report of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, for the year 1856 " — 

 by the Ohio State Agricultural Society, through the Smithsonian 

 Institution. " Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, up to Jan. 28th, 1857 " — by the Smithsonian 

 Institution, Washington, U. S. Also a " Copper-plate engraving of 

 Melbourne," executed in 1839, and a specimen of a " Marine Fish " — 

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



On the motion of Dr. Iffla, seconded by the Rev. Mr. Jarrett, a 

 vote of thanks was awarded to the various contributors. 



The President read a copy of a despatch from His Grace the Duke 

 of Newcastle to His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, K.C.B., intimating 



