516 Proceedings. 
The Sceretary submitted a specimen of partially lignitized wood from 
the shaft recently sunk at the head of Warwick-street, by Mr. Z. Williams, 
im search for coal. The specimen is part of a considerable mass obtained 
near the junction of the diluvial boulder formation (where it is about 25 feet 
thick), with the sandstone upon which it rests. 4 
D. T. Kilburn, Esq., submitted for inspection a series of photographic 
views of public and other buildings in Hobart Town, taken on paper, 
which exhibited a marked improvement over those produced on a former 
occasion by the same gentleman. Mr. Kilburn stated that he intended to 
prosecute the art, so as still further to improye on the results he has 
obtained—that he would endeavour to obtain impressions upon glass, and 
that he would submit a short paper on the subject to an early meeting. 
His Excellency Sir William Denison read an interesting paper on 
Drainage and Sewerage of Towns, with reference to their influence on the 
health of the inhabitants, more especially with regard to the probable 
Connexion which exists between the present imperfectly drained state of 
Launceston and Hobart Town, and the late severe epidemic diseases 
which have prevailed in these towns. 
Before the members separated, it was moved by Mr. Crombie, seconded 
by Mr. Edward Macdowell, supported by Dr. Bedford and others, and 
carried,—That it is desirable immediately to communicate to the municipal 
bodies of Hobart Town and Launceston the contents of the paper on 
drainage of towns, &c., and that it is expedient the same should he pub- 
lished with the least possible delay. . 
His Excellency also before rising read to the meeting a letter from the 
Astronomer Royal, Professor Airey, communicating the fast of six complete 
sets of meteorological instruments haying been forwarded to the colony ; 
that he (Sir William) intended to place one set to be worked at the Obser- 
vatory here, and a second set at Port Arthur, and that any suggestions as to 
the best position and mode of bringing the other sets into operation would 
be thankfully received. 
A vote of thanks having been unanimously accorded to the persons 
who brought donations and furnished papers and communications, the 
. mecting, after discussions on the best means of affording to Hobart Town 
and Launceston an abundant supply of good water, and its importance 
in a sanitary point of view, broke up. 
147m Decemper, 1853.—Monthly Evening Meeting ; Robert Officer, 
Esq., M.L.C., a Vice-President, in the chair. 
The following gentlemen haying been ballotted for were declured to 
be duly elected into the Society :—Anthony Fenn Kemp, of Mount 
Vernon; Charles M‘Lachlan, John Robertson, William Crosby, and 
William Gellibrand, of Hobart Town; William Giblin, of New Town 
