for the year 1867. bab.< 
which they are accompanied, even should they enter it 
intensely cold. 
The examination of the light of these meteors, by means 
of the spectroscope, indicates the presence of sodium in 
their constitution to a large extent, while some appear to be 
entirely gaseous. 
In conclusion, [ must for one moment return to the affairs 
of your Society. The present session already promises well, 
and I trust that your next president will be able to revert 
to it with even more gratification than I have now reviewed 
your past one. IJ would urge all members who are engaged 
in scientific research, in observing, collecting, or occupied 
with manufactures or mechanical arts, to communicate to 
this Society as often as they can the results or description of 
their labours ; for I believe I am justified in saying that the 
Transactions of the Royal Society, so widely distributed as 
they are, will form one of the most valuable and reliable 
means of making known to the world the intellectual and 
material progress of the colony of Victoria. 
