xxxviii Minutes of Meetings. 



A discussion ensued, in which Mr. Stevenson, Mr. Skilling, Mr. 

 Savage, Dr. Macadam and others took part. 



Dr. Mackenna moved a vote of thanks to Mr. A. K. Smith, for 

 his paper. This was seconded by Thomas Skilling, Esq., and 

 carried. 



5th August, 1857. 



Monthly Meeting. 



Professor Wilson, Vice-President, in the Chair- 



His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, K.C.B., Patron of the Institute, 

 was present. 



The minutes of the general monthly meeting, held on the 1st of 

 July, and those of the extra meeting, held on the 15th of the same 

 month, were read and confirmed. 



Several recently elected members were introduced by the President. 



A ballot was held and the following gentlemen were elected 

 ordinary members of the Institute : — 



The Hon. John B. Bennett, Esq., M.L.C., St. Kilda. 

 George Dill, Esq., Collins Street. 



Thomas Francis, Esq., Watchmaker, 130 Brunswick Street, 

 Collingwood. 



D. A. Hughes, Esq-, M.L.A., Prahran. 



E. J. Thomas, Esq., 102 Lonsdale Street West. 

 Joseph Oppenheimer, Esq., Merchant, Melbourne. 



Rev. Q. O. Vance, M.A., Oxon., Rector of the Geelong Grammar 



School. 

 D. Baillie, Esq., Contractor, 120 Flinders Lane East, Melbourne. 

 Alexander John Skene, Esq., District Surveyor, Geelong. 

 James Bonwick, Esq., Inspector of Denominational Schools, Kew. 

 George Hicks, Esq., Commercial Editor, Argus office. 

 A. B. Orlebar, Esq., M.A., Inspector of National Schools. 

 W. Lockhart Morton, Esq., Agricultural Machine Maker, Elizabeth 



Street. 

 Francis A. Corbett, Esq., Census Office, Melbourne. 

 Thomas Belt, Esq., Meteorological Observer, Mount Egerton. 

 Wm. Henry Ritchie, Esq., Patent Agent, Chancery Lane. 

 Edwin Jones, Esq., Mathematical Instrument Maker, Melbourne. 

 The Hon. John O'Shanassy, Esq., M.L.A., Melbourne. 

 The Hon. Daniel Joseph Tierney, Esq., M.L.C., Melbourne. 

 Wm. E. Stanbridge, Esq., Wombat, Hepburn. 

 James B. Houghton, Esq., Merchant, 71 Flinders Lane West. 

 Paul Howard Macgillivray, Esq., A.M., Surgeon, Williamstown. 



The honorary secretary laid upon the table the following contri- 



