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the adoption, if necessary, of his experiments by the Institute might 

 tend to encourage well disposed persons to protect the fish in the 

 early stages of their developement. 



The motion, after being modified, stood thus, and was passed, 

 viz, — 



" That a Committee consisting of the President, Professor McCoy, 

 " and Edward Wilson, Esq., be appointed to take any steps that may 

 " seem requisite in bringing to a successful issue Mr. Edward Wilson's 

 " experiments on the introduction of the Murray River Cod fish into 

 " the Yarra Yarra and its tributaries." 



The Institute then separated. 



3rd June, 1857. 



Monthly Meeting. 



The Hon. Captain Clarke, R.E., President in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the previous monthly meeting were read and con- 

 firmed, and new members elected on that occasion were introduced 

 by the President. 



The following gentlemen, on being balloted for, were admitted 

 ordinary members of the Institute, viz, — 



B. C. Aspinall, Esq., M.L.A., East Melbourne. 



James Smith, Esq., Collingwood. 



Wm. Edward Bryson, Esq., C.E., Melbourne. 



Edward C. Symonds, Esq., Melbourne. 



William Schultz, Esq., Melbourne. 



James Macoboy, Esq., solicitor, Melbourne. 



William Elsden, Esq., C.E., Engineer to the M. and H. B. Railway 

 Company. 



J. B. Pounds, Esq., Surgeon, Pentridge. 



Henry Joseph, Esq., Melbourne. 



Thomas H. Rawlings, Esq., Epping. 



A. E. McCracken, Esq., Saltwater River. 



Robert Savage, Esq., St. Kilda. 



John C. Cochrane, Esq., Moonee Ponds. 



George B. Pennell, Esq., C.E., Gisborne. 



Francis Thomas Gell, Esq., Solicitor, Melbourne. 



H. F. Eaton, Esq., Melbourne 



Henry Smith, Esq., C.E., F.G.S., Ballaarat. 



Dr. John Gemmell, Woodville, East St. Kilda. 



The Rev. William Scott, M.A., F.C.P.S., Astronomer of New South 

 Wales, and late Fellow and Lecturer of Sydney Sussex College, 

 Cambridge, was, on the proposal of Professor Wilson, seconded by 

 Dr. Macadam, elected by ballot a Corresponding Member of 

 the Institute. 



The Honorary Secretory laid upon the table a communication from 



