140 TlMEHRI. 
pay. He therefore on behalf of Mr. Imlach, who 
was absent, gave notice of the following motion : — 
" That with the view of perpetuating the memory of the late W. H. 
Campbell, LL.D., who afted as Honorary Secretary to this Society 
since its establishment in 1844, a bust in marble be procured and placed 
in the Society's rooms, and that the necessary funds be provided by a 
subscription amongst the contributing members of the Society." 
Donations. — For the Library; "History of the 1st 
West India Regiment/' by Major Ellis ; " Lloyds' Regis- 
ter, 1834-1884", by E. G. Barr ; " Sketches of African 
Life", by the author, (the Ven. Father Scoles). 
Meeting held 1 1 th June. — The Hon. A. Barr, Presi- 
dent, in the chair. 
As to Ornithological Stations— -The Secretary read a 
letter signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Inter- 
national Permanent Ornithological Committee, Vienna, 
whose desire it is to establish ornithological observation 
stations all over the world, asking whether any gentle- 
man connected with the Society would send reports of 
observations made regarding the birds of this colony. 
Fibre Machinery. — Mr. Daly read a letter from Mr. 
Walker, the Society's Resident Director in London, 
calling attention to a recent invention for the extraction 
of vegetable fibres. 
"Diffusion".— The discussion on Mr. Matthey's paper 
on the diffusion process of extracting sugar from the 
cane was then taken up. 
Mr. Craigen said he had been requested to ask 
that, as the members had not had copies of the 
paper supplied to them, the discussion should be post- 
poned until the next meeting. 
