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not be right for them to petition the Government they had 

 come to the following resolution : — " The Council are of opinion 

 that there would be no objection to the meeting appointing a 

 deputation to wait upon the Honorable the Colonial Secretary 

 to recommend the reservation of the watersheds as described 

 in Mr. James Manning's scheme for supplying Sydney with 

 water by gravitation." 



It was then moved by Dr. Belgraye, seconded by Mr. James 

 Norton, and carried : — That a deputation, consisting of the Rev. 

 Dr. Lang, Mr. Alfred Roberts, Mr. Alger, and the mover, be 

 appointed to wait upon the Honorable the Colonial Secretary, 

 to recommend the Government to reserve the watersheds as 

 described in Mr. James Manning's scheme. 



WEDNESDAY, 3rd NOVEMBER, 1875. 



The Eev. W. B. Clarke, V.P., in the Chair. 



The minutes of the meeting of the 6th October, and the 

 minutes of the adjourned meeting of the 13th October, were read 

 and confirmed. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members 

 of the Society, viz. ; — 



George P. Lambert, W. W. J. O'Reilly, M.D. 



Five new candidates were proposed and seconded. 



The following donations were laid upon the table, viz. : — 



" Statistical Register for the Colony of Victoria, for the year 



1874," Part 5. Interchange from the Grovernment Statist 



of Victoria. 

 " Mines and Mineral Statistics of New South "Wales," and 



" Notes of the Geological Collection of the Department 



of Mines," from the Honorable John Lucas, Minister for 



Mines. 

 Descriptive papers relating to the School of Mines, Ballaarat, 



by the Special Reporter of the Ballarat Star, from the 



Registrar of the School of Mines. 



The Chairman announced that letters of acknowledgment 

 had been received from the following honorary members of the 

 Society, viz. : — Dr. Julius von Haast, F.R.S., Dr. Hector, F.R.S., 

 and the Honorable P. Barlee, P.R.G.S. 



