The Hon. Secretary laid on the table a " List of Land Shells 

 collected on Fitzroy Island," by Mr. John Brazier, C.M.Z.S. 



Tne Chairman exhibited specimens illustrative of a paper recently 

 presented by himself to the Linngean Society of New South Wales on 

 " Three new species of Helices ;•" also corals, including one new species, 

 illustrative of a paper presented to the same Society by the Rev. J. E. 

 T. Woods, F.L.S., F.G.S., honorary member of this Society, on "The 

 extra-tropical corals of Australia." 



The Hon. Secretary read a paper by Mr. Otto Tepper, corres- 

 ponding member, on "Whirlwinds," which was followed by a dis- 

 cussion. — — 



Ordinary Meeting, 20th August, 1878. 



Professor Tate, F.G.S., V.P., in the chair. 



The Chairman referred to his having found near the Murrav Mouth 

 a sandpiper, whose foot was clasped by a large Donax shell, which it had 

 probably carried from the Middleton beach. This incident illustrated by 

 analogy Darwin's suggestion that the wide distribution of fresh-water 

 animals and plants was due to the agency of aquatic birds. 



Mr. Samuel Higgs, F.G.S. (visitor), read a short abstract of " A 

 list of minerals found in South Australia," which he was compiling for 

 presentation to the Society ; and the paper was followed by a discussion. 



Mr. Charles Todd. C.M.G., F.R.A.S., M.S.T.E^, member of 

 Council, read a paper on " The Telephone and the Microphone," followed 

 by experiments. 



Ordinary Meeting, 17th September, 1878. 

 Professor Tate, F.G.S., V.P., m the chair. 



The Hon. Secretary laid upon the table " The Statistical Register 

 of Victoria for 1877 ; parts 1 and 2 ;" several volumes of " The Bulletin 

 of the Signal Service of the United States for 1874 ;" " Smithsonian 

 Report for 1876 ;" and " Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria 

 vols. 13 and 14." 



Mr. E. P. Nesbit, jun., was elected Auditor. 



Mr. R. Ingleby, Q.C., drew attention to the sympathy existing 

 between the weetther in the Southern and that in the Northern Hemisphere. 

 In the latter there had occurred successively a stormy, a dry, a hot, and 

 a wet season. The two former we had already experienced here, and he 

 anticipated a hot summer, and probably a wet November and December. 



The Chairman stated that the old rocks of our hills had hitherto 

 been supposed to be destitute of fossils. He exhibited specimens of a 

 palaeozoic limestone obtained by Mr. O. Tepper, corresponding member 

 near Maitland, which showed possible traces of organic remains. Mr. 

 Tepper had written that he had since found more decisive evidences of 

 fossils. 



Mr. Smeaton, V.P., having taken the chair, Professor Tate read a 

 paper by the Rev. J. E. T. Woods, honorary member, on " The Fossil 

 Corals of Aldinga." 



Professor Tate then read some supplementary notes on " The Core- 

 lation of the Tertiary Strata of South Australia, with a list of species of 

 Tertiary Corals." 



