Journal of the 
2 8th August , 1879. 
Ordinary Meeting. 
The President, Dr. Ralph, in the chair. 
The minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
The Secretary acknowledged receipt of the last two parts 
of the Proceedings of the Linntan Society of New South Wales , 
and the last Decades of Palaeontology and Natural History of 
Victoria. 
Mr. H. J. Miller was elected a member. 
Mr. Goldstein read a paper, On the use of Carbolic Acid in 
'preparing and mounting Objects , to be called Ralph’s Carbolic Acid 
Process ; Dr. Ralph being the inventor. 
Dr. Ralph read a resume of some of the Proceedings of the 
Belgian Microscopical Society during 1878, and promised to con¬ 
tinue the same. 
25 tli September , 1879 
Ordinary Meeting. 
The President, Dr. Ralph, in the chair. 
The minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
Rev. Tlios. Porter and Mr. J. Bracebridge Wilson, M.A., were 
elected members. 
Mr. Barnard read his paper On Making Wax Cells , and exhibited 
a series of cells of great variety, and practically demonstrated 
how easily such cells were made. 
Mr. J. Bracebridge Wilson then announced that he had lately 
discovered fossil Polyzoa in great abundance in miocene rocks, near 
Geelong. Among the forms recognised as new to science lie men¬ 
tioned Catenicellce and Dimetopia. Several quotations from compe¬ 
tent authorities were given to show the value of the discovery. Mr. 
Wilson then exhibited a fine series of slides of these fossils, which 
were much admired, and promised a full paper on the subject, with 
descriptions and drawings. In the meantime, at the request of 
the President, he would write out in the form of a paper the 
notes given this evening. 
