260 _ REPORTS FROM THE SECTIONS. 
SECTION B.—CHEMISTRY, MINERALOGY, and by amal- 
gamation with Section C, GEOLOGY and PALAON- 
TOLOGY 
FRIDAY, 18 MAY, 1877. 
Proressor LiversipGe in the Chair. 
THE principal business before the meeting was to elect a new 
Committee, and to make arrangements for the ensuing year. 
The following members were elected a Committee, viz.,— 
Proressor Liversip@r, Chairman; Mr. Dixon, F.C.S., Secre- 
tary; and Messrs. Strep, More, M‘Curcneon, and es 
closely allied Sections. A discussion ensued as tothe fu ) 
he Section, and Professor Liversidge suggested that excursion 
parti ade to visit certain interestin ical 
sections in the neighbourhood of Sydney. He also propose 
that certain members should make a detailed study of the 
Colony. 
. Bensvsan exhibited samples of the solid core of hard 
FRIDAY, 15 JUNE, 1877. 
Proressor LrverstpGe in the Chair. 
Mr. M‘Curcuxon brought under the notice of the Section a 
process for the analytic separation of nickel and cobalt, founded 
on the solubility of selphidi of nickel in cyanide of potassium 
and the insolubility of sulphide of cobalt. 
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