60 

 JULY, 1864. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Society was held at the Museum, on 

 Tuesday, the 12th July, the Yen. Archdeacon Davies, V.P., in the chair. 



Among the Fellows present were :— Messrs. C. Gould, T. Stephens, M.Allport, 

 J. Allport, F. Ahbott, sen., F. Abbott, jun., H. S. Wintle, G. J. Crouch, 

 J. Johnston, J. Facey, G. P. Adams, A. T. Seal, H. BUton, Lieutenant- 

 Colonel Crawford, Dr. Hall, Dr. Agnew, Hon. Sec, &c. 



The following gentlemen (having been previously nominated by the Council) 

 were, after a ballot, declared to be duly elected Fellows of the Society : — ■ 

 Lieutenant Seddon, K.E., Messrs. Russell Young, H. L, Roberts, and J. 

 Pillinger. 



The usual Monthly Returns were laid on the table, viz. : — 



(1.) Visitors to the museum during June, 480. 



(2.) Ditto to gardens, ditto, 509. 



(3.) Plants and seeds suppHed from gardens : — To Archdeacon Davies, 36 



papers colonial seeds ; to Messrs. Handyside & M'MLUan, Melbourne, 



106 plants and one bundle of cuttings ; to Dr. Mueller, Botanic Gardens, 



Melbourne, 14 papers of coniferous seeds. 

 (4.) Plants received : — From Messrs. Handyside and M'AliIlan,Melboume, 



6 bulbs, 7 plants, and 1 graft. 

 (5.) Tench supplied :— Mr. Morrison, 18 j Mr. A; Moses, 6 ; total, 24. 

 (6.) Books and periodicals received. 

 Meteorological Returns : — 



(1.) Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq. 



(a. J Table for June. 



(b.J Summary and Analysis of Observations for ditto. 

 (2.) Port Arthur, from J. Boyd, Esq. 



(a. J Tables for May and June. 



(b.J Reading of Government Schooner's Barometer, for-jditto ditto. 

 (3.) Swansea, from Dr. Story. 



(a. J Tables for April and May. 



The Secretary read the usual monthly analysis of the Meteorological 

 Observations, together with a Health Report for June by E S. Hall, Esq. 



The following presentations were brought under the notice of the meeting : — 



1. From Mr. Thomas Buxton, Sen., of Little Swanport, 7 coins, viz: — 1 

 shilling of Queen Elizabeth ; 1 Spanish quarter dollar of 1721 , 1 Roman 

 coin found in the River Dove, near Tutbury Castle, England ; 1 India 

 copper coin; 1 Chinese ditto ; 1 farthing of Chailes 1st.; 1 ditto of 

 WilUam 3rd. 



2. From Mr. R, Rothwell, 4 coins, 1 American cent ; 1 Chilian copper 

 coin ; 1 twenty cash, (East India Company) 1803 ; 1 Portuguese coin. 



3. From Miss Nichola-i, 1 Chinese coin, and a medal struck in memory 

 of the late Duke of York. 



4. Specimen of Vicuna wool, presented by C. Ledger, Esq., per Justin 

 Browne, Esq. 



5. From Mr. H.S. "Wintle, sample of bituminous coal from Brown's River. 



6. From G. Selwyn, Esq., Government Geologist, Mel])oume, 14 quarter 

 sheet maps of geological survey of Victoria, and 8 sheets of geological 

 sketch map of Victoria. 



7. From His Excellency, Colonel T. Gore Browne, a pamphlet on the 

 Malta and Alexandra Telegi-aph. 



8. From the Royal Geographical Society, London, transactions of the 

 society. Vol. 32, 1862, and proceedings of ditto. Vol. 8, No. 1. 



9. From the Royal Institution of Great Britain, proceedings of the insti- 

 tution, Vol. 4, part 1, No. 37, and part 2, No. 38, 1863. Report for 1862. 

 List of officers for 1863. Notices of proceedings part 12. 



10. From Lieut. -Colonel Crawford, cones and seeds of cedar of Lebanon. 

 The Secretary informed the meeting that the following recent specimens 



of Tasmanian animals had been received fromW. GeUibrand, Esq., and were 

 in course of preparation for the Museum :— 2 Native Tigers (Thi/Iacinus 

 cynocephalus) ; 2 Native Devils {Sarcophilus ursinus) ; and a Wombat {Phas- 

 colomys xvomhat. ) 



Mr. Stephens exhibited a small branch of an apple tree studded with 

 large patches of a *' blight," which he feared was a new variety. On examina- 



