xlii PItOCEEDIXtiS. 



The following donations were laid upon the table by the 

 Chairman, viz. : — 



" Statistical Kegister of the Colony 1874," Part 4, Law, Crime, 

 &c. ; Part 6, Production ; Part 7, Accumulation. 



" Australian Statistics for the year 1874, with introductory 

 report," from the Government Statist of Victoria. 



" Annual Report of the South Australian Institute, 1874-5," 

 from the Hon. the Colonial Secretary. 



" Bulletin of International Meteorological Observations, taken 

 simultaneously at 7*35 a.m., February, 1875," from Brig.- 

 G-en. Albert J. Myer, Chief Signal Officer, War Depart- 

 ment, "Washington. 



" Results of Observations in Meteorology, Terrestrial Mag- 

 natism, &c, &c," taken at the Melbourne Observatory 

 during the year 1873, presented to the Society by 

 authority of Her Majesty's Government in Victoria. 



" Victorian Tear Book for the year 1874," from the Govern- 

 ment Statist of Victoria. 



" Catalogue of the collection of Meteorolites exhibited in 

 the Mineral Department of the British Museum," from 

 Professor Liversidge. 



The Honorary Treasurer laid upon the table a list of members 

 who had not paid their subscriptions for the current year. 



" Supplementary Notices of Deep Sea Soundings," by the Rev. 

 W. B. Clarke, was read by the Rev. Wm. Scott. 



Professor Liversidge exhibited a specimen of binoxide of 

 manganese taken from the red ooze by the scientific staff of 

 H.M.S. " Challenger," from a depth of 2,600 fathoms. 



Mr. H. C. Russell exhibited and explained some remarkable 

 tide registers taken at Port Jackson and Newcastle on the 21st 

 October and on the 6th and 7th November last. Mr. Russell 

 also exhibited a specimeu from a new photographic camera, includ- 

 ing an angle of 110 degrees. 



Professor Liversidge described and exhibited some pseudo 

 crystallizations found on the lenses of a field-glass, which had 

 been photographed by Mr. J. M. Smith, a student in the Labora- 

 tory of the Sydney University. 



The meeting then adjourned until May, 1876. 





