xxvi Proceedings, 6ac. 



The following gentlemen were elected ordinary members of the 

 Institute, by ballot — Dr. Iffla and Professor Irving officiating as 

 scrutineers, viz. : — 



Dr. Thomas Black, St. Kilda. 



H. J. Hart, Esq., St. Kilda. 



James Smith, Esq., Solicitor, South Yarra. 



The Secretary laid upon the table the following contributions to 

 the Library and Museum of the Institute, viz. : — The Ninth Volume 

 of the " Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society" — 

 presented by the Society. " Letters on the Cultivation of Lucerne 

 in this Colony" — by the author, Henry Stevenson, Esq. The 

 Third Number of the "Fragmenta Phytographise Australia" — by 

 the author, Dr. Mueller. Curious form of " Squirrel," sent for 

 examination and classification — by Alfred Currie Wills, Esq., Police 

 Magistrate, Omeo. 



The following committees were re-appointed : — 



1. The "Museum Committee," on the motion of Dr. Iffla, se- 

 conded by Dr. Macadam. 



2. The "Song Bird Committee," on the motion of Dr. Macadam, 

 seconded by the Bev. J. I. Bleasdale. 



3. The " The Murray Cod Committee," to consist of Professor 

 McCoy, C. W. Ligar, Esq., Surveyor-General, and C. Hodgkinson, 

 Esq., C.E. ; on the motion of T. E. Bawlinson, Esq., C.E., seconded 

 by Dr. Macadam. 



4. The "Exploration Committee," substituting the name of C. W. 

 Ligar, Esq., Surveyor-General, for the Hon. Capt. Clarke, RE., absent 

 from the colony ; on the motion of Dr. Macadam, seconded by Dr. 

 Mueller. 



Professor Irving gave notice of motion for an alteration in rule 

 XXVI., and Thos. E. Bawlinson,Esq., C.E., notices of motion for alter- 

 ations in rules XL and XXVIIL, to be brought forward at the 

 ensuing general meeting of the Institute. 



The Bev. J. I. Bleasdale, as Chairman of the " Committee on the 

 Formation of Sections in the Institute," read the report of the com- 

 mittee, and moved that the same be received. This was seconded 

 by T. E. Bawlinson, Esq., and carried unanimously. — [Vide " Beports 

 op Committees."] 



The Bev. Mr. Bleasdale then gave notice of motion for the ensu- 

 ing general meeting, "For the adoption of the report, and the insti- 

 " tuting of a series of rules embodying the recommendations of the 

 " committee." 



Dr. F. Mueller read a paper on a new plant, the "Anchtisa Chatha- 

 micea," from the Chatham Islands — a living specimen of the plant 

 was exhibited. Dr. Mueller also exhibited and described some dried 

 specimens of the "Dendrobium Milligani," obtained from crevices in 

 vertical rocks, at an elevation of from 1000 to 1500 feet high, in 

 Tasmania. This plant was discovered by Dr. Joseph Milligan. A 



