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Melbourne. The collection numbered about one hundred 

 and fifty specimens of Australian Birds ; several speci- 

 mens of mammalia, amongst them the Kangaroo, Opos- 

 sum, White Native Cat, Kangaroo Rat, Common Bat, 

 Wallabee, Bandicoot, &c. ; specimens of Fossils ; and 

 some Photographs and Engravings, selections from an 

 illustrated work on Victoria, by Wm. Von Blandowski, 

 Curator of the Museum. This donation was made 

 through Mr. Blandowski, at the instance of Mr. Holden, 

 who was formerly a resident of Boston, in accordance 

 with a suggestion from Dr. Silas Durkee. 



Dr. C. T. Jackson presented a copy of the Transac- 

 tions of the Philosophical Society of Victoria, Vol. I., 

 published in Melbourne. 



Dr. Jackson remarked that the progress of this Society 

 had been truly extraordinary. Scarcely three years had 

 elapsed since its organization, and yet it had accom- 

 plished a great deal. Representing, as it does, a whole 

 continent, abounding in peculiar forms of animal and 

 vegetable life, it is destined to become a very important 

 Society. 



It was voted to present to the Philosophical Society 

 of Victoria, and the Government Museum of Natural 

 History, (which are understood to be connected with each 

 other,) a complete copy of the Journal and Proceedings 

 of this Society. The Curators of the different depart- 

 ments were also requested to prepare a collection of 

 specimens to be presented to the Victoria Museum. 



The thanks of the Society were voted to the Victoria 

 Museum for their valuable donation, and to Mr. Oliver 

 H. Holden for his kind agency in obtaining and forward- 

 ing them. 



Dr. Jackson exhibited a specimen of Aluminium, man- 

 ufactured into a thimble. This new metal is still ex- 

 ceedingly rare. 



