QUEENSLAND 
P HILOSOPHICAL 
SOCIETY. 
ANNUAL MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, I8G2. 
(From the Queensland Guardian , December 4, 1862.) 
The annual meeting of the Queens- 
land Philosophical Society was held on Tuesday 
evening last, at the Brisbane Hospital, Mr. 
Sylvester Diogles in the chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting (held 
on the 4th ultimo) having been read and con- 
firmed, 
Dr. F. J. Barton rose, and said he had 
great pleasure in welcoming back one of the 
original members of the Society, the Rev. 
George Wight, whom he begged to introduce 
to the members present. 
The Rev. George Wight said that he felt 
an equal pleasure in once more attending the 
Society’s meetings, and should have much 
regretted not receiving an invitation to attend 
the present meeting, as he had always felt a 
warm interest in the Society. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 
Dr. Barton informed the meeting that he 
had written to Mr. Waller (of Brisbane), 
acknowledging his donation to the Society ; and 
also to Mr. Wilson (of Adelaide), informing 
him that he had been admitted a corresponding 
member of the Society. 
entomological collection. 
The Chairman announced that a gentleman 
residing in Sydney (Mr. Salting), who is in 
possession of one of the largest and best private 
collections of insects in the colopies — contain- 
ing upwards of 2000 specimens — had offered to 
dispose of the same to the Society for £18, which 
he (the Chairman) considered a very reasonable 
price for so valuable a collection. The Rev. 
W. B. Clarke, of Sydney, had been solicited to 
examine and report on the specimens, with a 
view to their purchase on behalf of the Society. 
He (the Chairman) understood that there were 
some blanks in the collection, but these he 
should he happy to fill up from the specimens 
in his own possession. 
The Rev. George Wight approved of the 
purchase of the collection in question, if 
favourably spoken of by so high an authority as 
the Rev. Mr. Clarke, and said he considered 
the Chairman’s offer to improve and perfect the 
collection in the manner proposed by him, 
should be fully recognised by the Society. 
The Rev. *R. Creyfe said that he had 
written to the Rev. Mr. Clarke, and expected 
an answer to his communication by the next 
mail. 
RECEPTION OP LANDSBOROUGH, THE EXPLORER 
The Chairman brought under the notice of 
the meeting the subject of a public recognition 
of the services of Mr. W. S. Landsborough, 
the explorer. He quite concurred with the 
opinion expressed in that day’s Guardian , 
which, in announcing the gratifying intelligence 
that this eminent explorer was about to revisit 
Queensland, the scene of his successful and 
triumphant exertions on behalf of science and 
civilisation, had at the same time thrown out a 
suggestion that the Philosophical Society should 
take the lead in an appropriate recognition of 
Mr. Landsborough’ s talent s, and of the eminent 
services he had rendered to this colony in parti- 
cular. But the question was — how was it to 
be done ? and, what kind of reception was to 
be offered to him on his arrival ? It was, he 
thought, a fit subject for discussion that even- 
ing. For his own part he felt rattier at a loss 
to make even a suggestion, and ne would be 
