PROCEEDINGS. 
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ROYAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA. 
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS. 
9th July, 1866. 
. ORDINARY MEETING. 
The President, R. L. J. Ellery, Esq., in the chair. 
The following contributions were announced :—Vol. 1, new 
series, ‘“‘ Royal Horticultural Society of London.” Second Report 
upon the « River Warimakarira,” Canterbury, New Zealand. Vols. 
1 and 2, “ Jahresbericht des Vereins fiir Erdkunde_zer Dresden.” 
Mr. Cosmo Newbery, proposed at the last meeting, was balloted 
for, and declared duly elected. 
Mr. H. Zumstein was nominated as an ordinary member. The 
ballot to be taken at next meeting. : 
The President briefly referred to the Conversazione held on the 
2nd inst., and which was in every way successful. 
Mr. Thomas Harrison read a paper, “ Notes of a Geological Trip 
over the Coal Basin of New South Wales.” 
Professor M‘Coy combatted the opinions of the Rev. W. B. Clarke, 
of Sydney, to which Mr. Harrison’s paper gave countenance, and 
referring to the former discussion on the same subject, under the 
Presidency of Sir Henry Barkly, maintained the correctness of the 
statements previously made. In Professor M‘Coy’s opinion, Mr. 
Selwyn had far better opportunities of observation than Mr. Clarke, 
and Mr. Selwyn bore out the soundness of the Professor’s remarks. 
Disposing of the arguments put forth in support of the New South 
Wales theory, the Professor maintained the Coal Fields of Victoria 
were of a mesozoic and not paleeozoic character, and that the Hobart 
Town beds bore out this view. 
_ Mr. Bonwick mentioned that he had visited the dle referred to, 
Stony Creek, but had not time to investigate the matter thoroughly. 
He would like to see the spot visited by Professor M‘Coy and Mr. 
Selwyn, and thus settle the question. 
Mr. Harrison defended his paper, and Messrs. Ellery and Bonwick 
joined in the discussion. 
Professor M‘Coy went over many of the arguments he had brought 
before the Society at different times, showing the errors into which 
Mr. Clarke had fallen. 
