•1887. 



PEOOEEDINGS 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA. 



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llth August, 1887. 



Present : the President, • Professor W. C. Kernot, in the chair, 

 and forty-two members and associates. 



The President read a letter from the Secretary of the Royal 

 Society of South Australia, dated 6th, stating that the idea of 

 having special meetings in connection with the Exhibition there 

 had been abandoned, as the Government would make no reduction 

 in railway passes. It conveyed a cordial general invitation to the 

 members of the Society to visit Adelaide. 



He next read a letter from the Field Naturalists' Club, 

 reporting the passing of a resolution in favour of vesting AYilson's 

 Promontory and adjacent islands and waters in a Board of 

 Trustees, to preserve the flora and fauna and fisheries, and as a 

 resort for public recreation. The co-operation of the Royal 

 Society was earnestly requested. 



Mr. Lucas and Mr. White moved that the proposal be adopted. 

 The Victorian Academy of Arts had endorsed it. 



Mr. Blackett and Mr. Griffiths thought more information 

 desirable, and moved that the question be referred to the Council. 

 Carried. 



