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Dr. Thomas Dixson exhibited, under the Microscope, pre- 

 parations made by himself of the Bacillus described by Ebert as 

 peculiar to typhoid fever. Other preparations were exhibited, 

 showing the occurence of germs, very like typhoid germs, in a 

 cesspit, but the absence of any such in diarrhoea. 



Professor "W. J. Stephens exhibited a few specimens of a 

 lost Eucahjptus w^hich had been lately rediscovered by his brother, 

 Mr. T. Stephens, in the immediate neighbourhood of Hobart. 

 He stated that the plant (Eucalyptus cor data) had only once been 

 seen by Botanists since the Expedition of d'Entrecasteaux, and 

 then only in two isolated and remote spots. Perhaps some now 

 present would recollect an old gum tree, near the present entrance 

 from the Botanic Grardens to the Garden Palace, with remarkably 

 glaucous foliage, and papery bark like some Melaleucas. This 

 was a specimen of Eucalyptus corclata, which must have been 

 brought here, long since, either as a seed or as a young plant, 

 from Tasmania, and which survived until a short time back. At 

 preseut there was no example of the plant in our collections. 

 In closing his notice Professor Stephens expressed the hope that 

 this re-discovery might be suggestive to collectors that their 

 own immediate neighbourhood may probably furnish facts new 

 or unexpected, remarking how forty years of oblivion had given 

 a curious dignity to the otherwise not very attractive specimens 

 that he now laid before the Society. 



Dr. AY. D. C. "Williams exhibited the os penis of the AY alms 

 {Triclieclius rosmarusj, obtained in the Arctic Expedition of Mr. 

 Leigh Smith to Eranz-Josef land in L880. Dr. AVilliams also 

 exhibited a collection of weapons from the field of Ulundi, in 

 Zulu Land, comprising an oxhide shield of the smaller size, 

 carried by the Zulu riflemen, two nob-kerries, an assegai with 

 iron head spirally twisted, two assegais with lance-shaped heads 

 and iron fore-shafts, two assegais with double concave grooved 

 heads, and a Zulu warrior's bead head dress. 

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