xliv Minutes of Meetings. 



'■ some tidings of the fate of Leichhardt and bis party. The pro- 

 " posed expedition to start from Curtis Bay on the east coast and 

 " to make a direct course westward in the latitude of the tropic of 

 " Capricorn to Shark Bay on the west coast, embracing at the 

 " same time, any fitting opportunity of exploring the interior both 

 " to the north and south of this line." 



Mr. Clarson gave notice of motion to the following effect, — 



" 1st. That the Council of the Institute, having obtained per- 

 " mission, on the 29th of August, from the President of the Board 

 " of Land and Works, that Mr. Blandowski should be allowed to 

 "prepare a paper, to be read before the Institute, containing a 

 " short statement of his recent discoveries on the Lower Murray 

 " river, and Mr. Blandowski having accordingly read such paper at 

 " the monthly meeting of the Institute held on the 2nd of Sep- 

 tember last; and the Council of the Institute having, at a meet- 

 "ing held on the 14th of October thereafter, resolved to publish 

 " such paper in the forthcoming volume of the " Transactions," 

 "and having voted also the^um of £30 for engraving the plates 

 " to accompany such paper, and Mr. Blandowski having entered 

 "into an agreement with an engraver for this purpose, and the 

 "plates being already in hand; this meeting regrets that the 

 " Council at an extraordinary meeting, held on the 20th of October, 

 " came to the determination to rescind their former resolution to 

 " publish Mr. Blandowski's paper, and to cancel the vote of £30 

 " granted for the purpose of eng-raving these plates, without as- 

 signing other reason to Mi-. Blandowski than that they now 

 " consider the above paper as the property of the Government." 



2nd. " That this meeting considers that the paper read by Mr. 

 " Blandowski must in accordance with the rules be considered as 

 " the property of the Institute ; and in justice to Mr. Blandowski, 

 " who was requested by the Council to prepare the above paper for 

 ' ' the Institute, they recommend the Council to publish the paper 

 "in the forthcoming volume of the "Transactions," in accordance 

 "with their first resolution." 



Sizar Elliot, Esq., read a paper on " The Preservation of Animal 

 Substances." illustrated by specimens of preserved meats, which 

 had been kept in a proper state of preservation for ten years. 



Dr. Eades explained to the Institute his inability to read his 

 paper on " The distinctive characters of the Diamond and Crys- 

 tallized Boron," from the circumstance of his not having at his 

 command Crystals of Boron, but he hoped to be able at an early 

 period to present his communication. 



Mr. James Jackson read a paper on " Railways in Victoria." 



The Secretary repeated the announcement of the publication of 

 Past 1st, Volume 2nd, of the "Transactions of the Institute." 



