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members : —Mr. W. T. Cuthbert, M.D., Queensland; Mr. J. W. Morton 
and Mr. George M‘Kenzie, C.E., both of Beechworth ; Mr. F. C. Mason, 
M.L.A. ; Mr. John Blair, M.D., ; Mr. W. K. M‘Lean, Mr. W. H. Hegin- 
bottom, and Mr. H. W. S. Verity, M.D., of Cheltenham. A vote of thanks 
was passed to the following gentlemen for their donations to the library of 
the Society : — The Minister of Mines, Victoria ; the Colonial Secretary, 
Western Australia ; the Minister of Education, New Zealand ; and Messrs. 
T. S. Bulmer, M.D., A. C. Macdonald, and R. T. Litton, F.N.S. The 
joint donations consisted of some forty-three volumes and seventeen maps. 
A letter was read from one of the continental scientific associations, 
congratulating Mr. Litton on the foundation of a society for this branch of 
science in Australasia. 
The following is a complete list of the office bearers of this Society : — Presi- 
dent, the Hon. J. F. Levien, M.L.A. ; Vice-Presidents, Professors F. 
M‘Coy, F.R.S., and Baron F. Von Mueller, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., Ph.D., M.D., 
F.R.G.S., F.L.S., F.G.S. etc. ; Council, A. C. Macdonald, Hon. L. L. 
Smith, Mr. Justice Williams, Hon. J. Madden, LL.D., M.L.A., T. S. 
Bulmer, M.D., Sir Arthur Nicholson, Bart., Robert T. Litton, F.N.S. , 
Joshua Lake, M.A., Professor Elkington, LL.B., T. F. Bride, LL.D.; 
Honorary Treasurer, Alexander Porter ; Honorary Librarian, Arthur E. 
Clarke ; Honorary Auditors, George Wright and R. J. G. Leigh ; Honorary 
Secretary, R. T. Litton, F.N.S. This Society was founded by Mr. R. T. 
Litton, F.N.S., in the month of April, 1885, and now numbers nearly a 
hundred members, and has a library of some seventy volumes. 
The Royal Society. 
The ordinary monthly meeting of the Royal Society was held Thursday, 
9th July, at their hall, Victoria Street, Professor Kernot, the President of 
the Society, occupying the chair. The Rev. W. Williams was elected as 
a country member of the Society; and Messrs. L. H. Chase and O. F. 
Colvin were elected associates. Mr. G. W. Selby, jun., presented a 
“ Catalogue of Scientific Papers, compiled by the Royal Society of 
England, vols. 1 to 8.” 
Dr. Henry, in the absence of Dr. Nield, the Librarian of the Society, 
proposed the following motion : — 
“ That the Royal Society of Victoria places on record the lamented death of the late 
Dr. Edward Barker, and expresses its sense of the services which he has rendered to 
the Society.” 
He mentioned that Dr. Barker was one of the founders of the Philosophical 
Society of Victoria in 1857, out of which the Royal Society sprang, and that 
he took a very active part in the affairs of both Societies. 
Mr. E. L. Marks seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. 
Mr. G. S. Griffiths (for Mr. James Stirling, F.G.S. ), read a paper entitled 
“ Notes on the Evidences of Glaciation in the Australian Alps.” The 
writer said that on examining the map of Victoria it would be seen that the 
watershed line of the main dividing range was deflected south-easterly from 
Mount Hotham round the sources of the Livingstone Creek, forming a 
somewhat parabolic curve. It was on that area that the evidences of 
