232 PROCEEDINGS. 
WEDNESDAY, 7 NOVEMBER, 1877. 
Ordinary monthly meeting of the Royal singe Se a New South 
Wales, held in the Society’s Rooms, Elizabeth- 
CurtstopHEeR Ronreston, V.-P., in the Chai 
The minutes of the last meeti ing were read 2 confirmed. 
The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members 
of the Society :-— 
eorge Bennett, Toowoomba, Queensland. 
ae a Tenison-Woods, Phillip-street, Sydney. 
James Merriman, Mayor of Sydney. 
The Hon. E. A. Baker, M.P., Minister for Mines, Sydney. 
Sir J. G. L. Innes, Knt., Darlinghurst. 
’ The certificates of three new candidates were read. 
One hundred and six donations were laid upon the table. 
A paper on “Tertiary Corals,” by the Rev. J. E. Tentson- 
Woops, F.G.S., F.R.G.S., was ce read by Pr ofessor Liv ene. 
Mr. H. C. Russett, B. *,, F.R.A.S., read “ Some Notes n the 
recent Opposition of the planet Mars, %s inpseted by a pomiber 
Wowonn as showing the maps with acl these sa yeuite 
are made under favourable circumstances. 
WEDNESDAY, 5 DECEMBER, 1877. 
Ordinary monthly meeting of the Royal Society of New South 
Wales, held in the Society’s Rooms, Elizabeth-street. 
Cc. Roniesron, V. mK in the Chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
The _ E vores were duly elected ordinary memibnix® 
of the Socie 
.M. Merion: Moira, Burwood. 
John Field Deck, M. D., 5 i “ae apalane -street. 
H. 8. Hawkins, M.A., Balm 
The certificates of two new patente were read. 
Twenty-three donations were laid upon the table. 
The following papers w ad :— 
n a new and cmseelatae Variable Star in the Constellation 
Ara, by John Tebbutt, F.R.A.S., &e. 
2. On a tal peculiarity of the Lepidosteide, by W. J. 
Barkas, ti R.C.P.L., 
oe Notice of a ae Fossil Extinct Species of Kangaroo, 
poe minor, by Rev. W. B. Clarke, , E.RS., &e. 
4. Notes on some recent Barometric Disturbances, by H. C. 
Russell, B.A., F.R.A.S. 
