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Washington — United States Hydrographic Office. Notice 

 to Mariners, Nos. 17 - 27, April 26 - July 5, 1890. 

 Pilot Charts of North Atlantic Ocean, Feb. - May, 

 1890. Charts — North America, West Coast of 

 Lower California No. 1193; San Qtientin Bay to 

 Cerros Island; No. 1194, San Benito Islands ; No. 

 1204. Port San Bartolome ; No. 1197, Arctic Ocean, 

 Dominion of Canada, Sketch of Herschel Island ; 

 No. 1198, Guano Islands in the Pacific Ocean, Baker 

 Island and Howland Island ; No. 1196, West Indies 

 South Coast of Cuba, El Portillo ; No. 1210, West 

 Indies, Island of Santo Domingo, Manzanillo Bay. 



The U.S. Hydrographer* 



WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1890. 



Dr. Leibius, m.a., f.c.s., President, in the Chair. 



Twenty-six members and two visitors were present. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed,. 



The certificates of three new candidates were read for the third 

 time, of three for the second time, and of five for the first time. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members 

 of the Society : — 



Harris, Rev. Edward, m.a. Oxon. & Syd., d.d. Oxon. ; Parra- 



matta. 

 Loir, Adrien, Director of the Pasteur Institute of Australia, 



Rodd Island, N.S.W. 

 Neill, Leopold Edward Flood, m.b., Ch.M. Univ. Syd. ; Prince 

 Alfred Hospital. 



The Chairman announced that a Conversazione would be held 

 in the Great Hall of the University on the evening of Wednesday 

 the 10th of December, and requested the members to kindly assist 

 by the loan of objects of either scientific or artistic interest. 



In the absence of the author, Prof. Liversidge read extracts 

 from a paper by Mr. C. W. Marsh, " Geological Notes on the 

 Barrier Ranges Silvern eld," he said, this paper is hardly one to 

 be read in its entirety, neither is it very suitable for abstraction, 

 but I may say perhaps a few words about it and draw attention to 

 the specimens which of course are of interest to most of us, they 

 will convey a great deal of information without the whole of the 

 paper being read. In the lirst place, Mr. Marsh, the author of 



