xxii Proceedings, &c. 



29th September, 1858. 

 Ordinary Meeting. 



Sir W. F. Stawell, President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 



The Secretary read the name of one candidate for ordinary mem- 

 bership, to be balloted for at the next meeting. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected, by ballot, ordinary 

 members of the Institute, Drs. Wilkie and Ifila acting as scruti- 

 neers, viz. : — 



James Service, Esq., M.L.A., Emerald Hill. 



John Miscamble, Esq., M.R.C.V.S., Melbourne. 



Dr. Macgregor, Melbourne. 



Geo. S. W. Home, Esq., M.L.A., Melbourne. 



Henry Wallace Lowry, Esq., Melbourne. 



Hugh Lewis Taylor, Esq., Melbourne. 



John Christie, Esq., Crown Lands Department. 



William Edwards, Esq., Assistant Government Geologist. 



Henry Davidson, Esq., Crown Lands Department. 



Dr. John Murray, Lecturer on Geology, Melbourne. 



Captain Thomas Robertson, Marine Artist, St. Kilda. 



H. Hopwood, Esq., Echuca. 



The Secretary laid upon the table, for the inspection of the mem- 

 bers, a valuable collection of shells, contributed to the Museum of 

 the Institute, by Captain John A. Layard. 



The Secretary also read a letter from Captain Layard, stating his 

 intention of contributing a further collection at the ensuing meeting. 



Dr. Wilkie, as Chairman of the Exploration Committee of the 

 Institute, brought forward and read the third report of this com- 

 mittee, and afterwards moved its adoption. This was seconded by 

 Dr. Ifila, and carried unanimously. [Vide " Reports of Committees."] 



Dr. Macadam, as Hon. Secretary of the Exploration Fund Com- 

 mittee, lately appointed at a public meeting of the citizens of Mel- 

 bourne, read a circular issued by the committee, and, afterwards, 

 copies of the circular and subscription lists were distributed to the 

 members present. The following is a copy of the circular read : — 



Melbourne, September 15, 1858. 

 "Sir — At a public meeting held at the Mechanics' Institute, Melbourne, on 

 the 1st inst., Sir W. F. Stawell in the chair, the undermentioned gentlemen 

 were appointed a committee to take the necessary steps for raising £2,000 

 by public subscription, to be applied to the purpose of exploring the interior 

 of the Colony ; a donation of £1, 000 having been made for that object, coupled 

 with the proviso that double that sum should be subscribed by the public 

 within twelve months from the present date. The committee, consisting of 

 Sir W, F. StaweU, the Hon. J. Hodgson, M.L.C., Professor McCoy, Dr. 

 Miieller, and Mr. James Smith, to which Dr. Macadam has been appointed 

 Honorary Secretary and Dr. Wilkie Treasurer, was limited in number, for the 

 sake of securing a greater amount of individual responsibility as regards its 



