Report of the Meetings of the Society. 
Meeting held gth of July. — The Hon. A. Barr, 
President in the chair 
There were 22 members present. 
Elections. — Members: Revd. H. Gainer, J. Hunte. 
Associates : A. Barnes, N. Farrar, E. Case, 
M. S. Munster and M. S. Gregor. 
A parcel of stivers and half-stivers of the year 1813, 
in excellent preservation, was presented by Mr. Hutchens, 
Colanial Civil Engineer, who said the coins had been 
found on upturning the ground at the New Law Courts. 
The thanks of the Society were tendered to the donor. 
Mr. Sherlock and Mr. Cameron were appointed to 
audit the Treasurer's statement to June 30 which 
showed a balance to the good of $767*40. 
The Sugar Diffusion Process. — The postponed dis- 
cussion on Mr. Matthey's paper was then resumed. 
Mr. Alexander, said : — Since the last meeting of this 
Society I have given the subject of Sugar Cane analysis 
a great deal of attention and I have now come to the 
conclusion that Mr. Francis was quite correct when he 
said " there is less sugar in the sap of the vascular 
tissue than there is in the juice of the cellular tissue." 
Although these are not exactly the same words as he 
used, they are nevertheless the sum and substance of 
his paper, and I think that Mr. Francis deserves great 
credit for being the first one to point this out. The 
process, therefore hitherto used by Chemists, of calcu- 
lating the sugar on the assumption that the total liquid 
