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decision until the report of the commission had "been laid before the 

 members ; and he thought that the present paper should not be 

 published without the report. He hoped that the gentlemen ap- 

 pointed on the committee would furnish to the society such complete 

 and detailed information as would be likely to settle the subject. 



The Honorary Secretary, stated that Mr. Hodgkinson one of the 

 members of the committee, having met with an accident, was unable 

 to act, and asked whether it would not be necessary to appoint 

 another in his stead. 



The President said that the committee, as he understood, having 

 already completed the measurements and agreed upon the data, they 

 could finish their report, and it would not be necessary to put a 

 new member upon the committee. 



The Chairman then asked the members whether Dr. Davey's 

 paper " On the Meteorology of Melbourne " should be read that 

 evening. It was, however, owing to the late hour, determined, 

 that the reading of the paper should be postponed till the nest 

 meeting, and then to be considered in priority to any other busmess. 



Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting, 

 separated. 



March lUh, 1855. 

 MoOTHLX Meetiko. The President in the chair. 



The minutes of the last two meetings were read and confirmed. 



New members, elected since last meeting, were introduced, viz., 

 Alexander Kennedy Smith, Arthur Dobree and F. Phillips, Esqs. 



According to the resolution of the last meeting, Dr. Davey's 

 paper " On the Meteorology of Melbourne " was read first. 

 The Honorary Secretary, on laying before the meeting the report 

 of the Committee, appointed to investigate the Yan Yean water 

 scheme, announced that he considered it his duty to mention that 

 he had reason to ask at the last meeting whether instead of Mr 

 Hodgkinson being obliged to retire from the Committee, it would 

 be necessary to appoint another ? He stated as his reasons, that 

 the remaining members of the Committee did not agree upon 

 various important points contained in the report, and in iiis opmion 

 it was desirable that the statements set forth by the Committee 

 upon such an important question as the water* scheme, should 

 have been considered by a larger number of members than the 

 present Committee consisted of. For reasons above stated, he did 

 not feel justified in signing the document now being submitted 

 to the meeting, and he believed that had his request at the last 



