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Proceedings. 



*'Your Committee, appointed to consider the organisation of Ex- 

 ploring Expeditions, begs to propose that the following resolutions be 

 adopted to that effect : — 



" That the Society shall organise"exploring expeditions, which shall 

 be despatched from time to time, for the purpose of discovering new 

 auriferous fields, coal, &c., and to collect additional information respect- 

 ing the various mineral and vegetable resources of Victoria. 



That each exploring party shall be furnished with special instruc- 

 tions by the Society. 



That the reports of such expeditions shall form part of the Trans- 

 actions of the Society, and be published for general information. 



That in addition to the individual exertions of the members, the 

 w^hole proceeds of the first Transactions of the Society shall be appro- 

 priated to this purpose, and the half of each subsequent publication. 



That any further funds which may be required to carry out this 

 object shall be raised by public subscription. 



*'That the President be requested to communicate with His Excel- 

 lency the Lieutenant-Governor, as patron of the Society, requesting 

 him to give his assent to the enterprise." 



The Report of the Sub-Committee was unanimously adopted. 



R. Brough Smyth, Esq., read a paper on the " Comparative value 

 and durability of Building Materials used in Melbourne," 



S. Wekc}^, Esq., the Honorary Secretary, said that the accumu- 

 lating business of the Society rendered it scarcely practicable that 

 one person (having other engagements) should perform the duties 

 of Secretary, and moved accordingly : — 



"That R. Brough Smyth, Esq., be elected Honorary Secretary, to 

 act in concert with himself" 



The motion was seconded by Dr. S. Iffia, and carried. 



Presents acknowledged : — Thomas Adair, Esq., Mineral and 

 Botanical Specimens. Capt. Ross, R.N., Shells from Sealer's 

 Cove, Native Bear. R. B. Smyth, Esq., Shells from the 

 Barbadoes, &c. 



October, 2\st, 1854. 

 Monthly Meeting. The Rev. A. Morison in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were confirmed. 



New Members admitted since last Meeting:— His Honor the 

 Acting Chief Justice, Redmond Barry, Esq., the very Rev. Dr. 

 Geoghegan, the Rev. James Clow, Edward Wilson, J. H. Brooke, 

 Ered. Acheson, Clement Hodgkinson, and L. Becker, Esqs. 



Wm. Blandowski, Esq., read a paper,— Personal Observations 

 during an Excursion through the Central Parts of Yictoria." 



