218 PROCEEDINGS. 



Hon. Dr. H. N. MacLaurin, m.a., m.l.c, as Chairman of the 

 Section for the remainder of the Session. 



The Chairman also announced that the business before the 

 meeting was to discuss the paper read by Prof. Warren at the 

 September meeting, on " Some applications of the results of test- 

 ing Australian timbers to the design and construction of timber 

 structures," and stated that any visitor present desiring to take 

 part in the discussion, would be allowed to do so upon this occasion. 



The following gentlemen then spoke, Messrs. J. Trevor Jones, 

 J. I. Haycroft, J. Vicars, H. H. Dare, W. Shellshear, P. N. 

 Trebeck, J. F. Mann, D. M. Maitland, O. Burge, Prof. Warren 

 and the Chairman. 



The following donations were laid upon the table and 

 acknowledged : — 



Donations Received during the month of September, 1890. 



(The Names of the Donors are in Italics.) 



TRANSACTIONS, JOURNALS, REPORTS, &c. 



Baltimore — Johns Hopkins University. Circulars, Vol. 



v., No. 48, 1886; Vol. vin., No. 75, 1889. The University.. 



Berlin — K. Preuss. Geodatische Institutes. Astronomisch- 

 Geodatische Arbeiten I. Ordnung. Telegraphische 

 Liingenbestimmungen, 1888 and 1889. The Institute.. 



Bonn — Naturhistorischer Vereines der Preussischen Rhein- 

 lande, Westfalens und cles Reg.-Bezirks Osnabriick. 

 Verhandlungen, Jahrgang xlvi., Folge 5, Jahrgang 

 6, Halfte 2, 1889 ; Jahrgang xlvii., Folge 5, Jahr- 

 gang 6, Halfte 1, 1890. The Society. 



Brisbane — Chief Weather Bureau. Weather Chart of 

 Australasia at 9 a.m., August 30, September 1-6, 

 8-13, 15-17, 19-21, 23-25, 1890. Government Meteorologist. 



Calcutta — Asiatic Society of Bengal. Journal, Part i., 

 Vol. lviii., Supplement 1889, Vol. lix., Nos. 1 and 2 

 1890; Part ii., Vol. lvii., No. 5, 1888 ; Vol. lix., 

 No. 1 and Supplement No. 1, 1890. Proceedings, 

 Nos. 1, 2, 3, Jan. -Mar., 1890. The Society. 



Cambridge (Mass.) — Museum of Comparative Zoology at 

 Harvard College. Bulletin, Whole Series, Vol. xvi., 

 (Geological Series, Vol. n.) No. 9, July, 1890. The Museum^ 



Ceylon — Royal Asiatic Society (Ceylon Branch). Journal, 

 No. 1, Part i., 1845, No. 2, 1816, 1847-48, Vol. n., 

 Part i., No. 4, 1848 ; Vol. it., Nos. 2, 3, 1853 ; Vol. 

 ii., Part ii., No. 6, 1853 ; Vol. in.. Part i., No. 9, 

 1856 - 58, 1865-66, Parts i. and ii., 1867 - 70, 1871-72, 

 Part i. 1873, Part i. 1874 ; Vol. vn., Partii., No. 24, 

 1881, Part iii., No. 25, 1882, Extra Number 1882 ; 

 Vol. vin., Nos. 26 - 29, 1883-81 ; Vol. ix., Parts i. 

 and ii., Nos. 30-33, 1885-86. Proceedings, 1873- 

 1886, inclusive. Panini's Eight Books of Gram- 



