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The Secretary acknowledged receipt from the Hon. the 
Chief Secretary of five decades of 'Palaeontology of Victoria, 
and two decades Natural History of Victoria. 
Resolved: That the next excursion be by steamer, for 
dredging in Hobson’s Bay, to be held on 8tli March. 
27 th March , 1879. 
Ordinary Meeting. 
The President, Dr. Ralph, in the chair. 
The minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
Mr. Henry S. Patching was duly elected a member. 
A report was received from the Committee relative to 
printing the proceedings of the Society quarterly. 
This was adopted ; and an editorial Committee was. 
appointed, consisting of the President, the Secretary, and 
Rev. J. J. Halley, to carry out the recommendation of the 
report. 
The Secretary reported the successful nature of the late 
dredging excursion. 
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2 &th April, 1879. 
Ordinary Meeting. 
The President, Dr. Ralph, in the chair. 
The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Letters were read from M. Gustave Beckz and Mr. James 
Dawson, the latter forwarding a fresh supply of insect eggs 
deposited on different substances. These were distributed. 
The Secretary acknowledged receipt, through the kindness 
of M. Beckz, of eleven fascicles of the Proceedings of the 
Belgian Microscopic Society for 1878 ; also from Dr. Ralph, 
his pamphlet on A Recent Case of Soft Cancer with 
Hydatids. 
Messrs. R. Josephs, W. Hardy, P. E. Muskett, F. W. 
Morton, Joseph Clothier, and Dr. Heffernan were duly 
elected members. 
Mr. Barnard read his Notes on a Diatom found growing 
at Mordialloc, and exhibited several slides showing its 
increase by deduplication. 
Resolved: That the next excursion be to a swamp near 
Brighton, to be held on 3rd May next. 
