xxx Minutes of Meetings. 



The thanks of the Institute were given to Mr. Smith for his 

 communication. 



His Excellency here left the meeting. 



Dr. Iffla moved as follows : — 



" That the Museum Committee be instructed to wait upon Henry 

 " Langlands, Esq., one of the members for the city, to request that 

 " he would take the necessary steps to move in the Legislative As- 

 " sembly, that an address be presented to His Excellency Sir Henry 

 " Barkly, K.C.B., to place on the Estimates for 1857, a sum not ex- 

 " ceeding 20,000/., towards the erection of a National Museum, in 

 " connection with the Public Library, as originally intended The 

 " Committee to adopt such further steps as they may deem neces- 

 " sary to secure the co-operation of the representatives of the people 

 " in furthering this important national object." 



This was seconded and carried. 



8th April, 1857. 



Monthly Meeting. 



Dr. Iffla in the chair. 



The Minutes of the previous monthly meeting held on the 4th of 

 March were read and confirmed. 



The Honorary Secretary read a letter from Dr. Mueller, sent in 

 reply to the commuication of the Institute as agreed on at the former 

 meeting. 



Dr. Mueller expressed his sense of the honor the Institute had 

 done him, and his determination to advance its interests by frequent 

 contributions. 



The members present who had been elected at the previous meet- 

 ing, were introduced to the Institute by the Chairman. 



The Honorary Secretary then read a letter from Mr. A. K. 

 Smith, C.E., having reference to a charge of literary larceny ascribed 

 to him by the "Argus" newspaper. The charge bore upon the paper 

 on wood pavement, read by Mr. Smith at the former meeting. 



Mr. Smith denied the validity of the conclusions drawn by the 

 journal named and expressed his desire and intention to bring the 

 whole matter before the Council of the Institute. 



The following gentlemen were ballotted for and admitted 

 Ordinary Members of the Institute : — 



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



George Neumayer, Esq., Melbourne. 



Rev. Wm. Henderson, Williamstown. 



Robert Nalder Clark, Esq., B.A., Cambridge, Melbourne. 



R. H. Home, Esq., Melbourne. 



John Kruse, Esq., Chemist, Melbourne. 



The Hon. W. C, Haines, Melbourne. 



