viii Minutes of Proceedings. 



Victorian Year Book, 1887-88, Vol. III. 



Eeport of the Trustees of the Australian Museum, N.S.W., 1888. 



Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 



1889, No. 1. 

 Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, No. 226. 

 Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, Catalogue de la Bibliotheque. 



Dr. Gill, in the absence of Mr. Finlay, gave notice that at a Special 

 Meeting to be held immediately before the next ordinary Monthly 

 Meeting he would move : " That the Annual Subscription of 

 Members residing more than twenty-five miles from Cape Town be 

 reduced from £2 to £1. 



Mr. Melville Smith, Electrician to the Harbour Board, exhibited a 

 Graphophone which he had recently received on loan from the 

 inventors. 



Dr. Gill gave an interesting description of the instrument, and the 

 Members then availed themselves of the opportunity of listening to 

 the sound of music, &c, reproduced by it. 



The Rev. G. H. R. Fisk read several short communications upon 

 Natural History and asked Members to do their best to place him in 

 the way of obtaining specimens of the mole-rat for forwarding to the 

 Zoological Society. He also read some notes upon Sea-snakes with 

 especial regard to one particular ^variety, the Pelamis Bicolor. 



Special Meeting. 



Wednesday, January 8, 1890. 



Mr. L. Peringuey, F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. F. C. Selous exhibited a map of Zambesia and gave a most 

 interesting description of the country and its inhabitants. 



At the conclusion of the address, Mr. Justice Buchanan made some 

 remarks to which Mr. Selous replied, and the Meeting closed with a 

 hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Selous for his valuable address. 



Special Meeting. 

 Wednesday, January 29, 1890. 



Mr. L. Peringuey, F.L.S.. President, in the Chair. 



It was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Finlay, that the following be 

 substituted for the first sentence in Rule 6 : 



" Ordinary Members residing within twenty-five miles of Cape 

 Town shall pay £2 annually in advance. The annual subscription for 

 Members residiug beyond that limit shall be £1." 



