70 

 EOYAL SOCIETY. 



AUaUST, 1864 



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

 Tuesday the 9th August. Captain F. E. Chesney, R.E., in the chair. 



Among the Fellows present were Dr. Agnew, Hon. Secretary, Dr. Hall, 

 Lieut. Seddon, R.E., Messrs. M. Allport, J. Allport, F. Abbott, sen., F. 

 Abbott, jun., H. L. Roberts, J. G. Crouch, W. Johnston, C. Gould, G. P. 

 Adams, R. Young, T. Johnston, &c. &c. 



The following returns were laid oq the table : — 



1. Visitors to Museum during July, 466. 



2. Ditto to Gardens do, 1,178. 



3. Plants supplied during July : — 



To J. J. Stutzer, Esq., Melbourne, 5,000 mulberry plants. 



To Mr. C. Diehl, Dunedin, one bundle of scions, 24 plants and 21 papers 

 ot seeds. 



For decoration of groimds of Queen's Orphan Asylum, 218 plants, and 1,000 

 white mulberry ditto. 



To Colonial Hospital, 14 bulbs, 45 plants, and 20 papers of seeds. 



4. Seeds received : — 



From Mrs. H. Smith, 24 papers of seeds from Mauritius. 



From Col. Crawford, 2 cones of cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus DeodoraJ, 

 and seeds of a beech. 



From W. Archer, Esq., — Seeds of the " Waratah" (Telopea truncata)^ 

 and of the '* Celery topped Pine" ('P^ Woe toe? ws rhomboidalisj, grown in the 

 garden at Cheshuut. 



From Mr. T. J. Johnston — Twenty-two varieties of seeds collected by Capt. 

 T. J. Brown on the coasts of Siam and Cochin China. 



5. Tench supplied :— Mr. Wilson, 12. 



6. Periodicals received : — The usuaL 

 Meteorological Returns. 



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

 a. Table for July. 



h. Summary and analysis of observations for July. 



2. Swansea, from Dr. Story. 

 a. Table for June. 



The Secretary read the usual monthly analysis of the Meteorological 

 Observations, together with a health report by E. S. Hall, Esq. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follows : — 



1. Specimen of " Soap Wood," from Peaked Island, Gulf of Siam. Pre- 

 sented by Capt. Browne. 



2. A collection of Geological specimens from Swanport. Presented by 

 Miss M. Amos. 



3. A necklace made (in imitation of coral) with seeds of Pittosporum hicolorf 

 or " Waddie Wood," collected by Mrs. John Sherwin, at Caverswall, near 

 Bothwell. Presented by I. Sherwin, Esq., M.H.A. 



4. Specimen of Sphoeria sp. from New Zealand. Presented by Captain 

 Ohesney, R.E. 



5. Prussian copper coin. Presented by H. M. Hull, Esq. 



6. A sixpence of George III. Presented by Miss Nicholas. 



7. Minute of Home Government on Colonial Hospitals and Lunatic 

 Asylums. Presented by the Hon. the Colonial Secretary. 



8. A white opossum. Presented by Mr. W. H. Coe. 



9. A small jade axe from New Zealand. Presented by Mr. Pitt. 



Mr. M. Allport having reported that the salmon and trout in the breed* 

 ing ponds were progressing in a perfectly satisfactory manner read a paper 

 on the " Food of the Salmon in Tasmanian Seas and Rivers." 



Ml". Gould exhibited a map, geologically colored, of a part of the County of 

 Dorset, and gave a brief description of the distribution and extent of the 

 more important formations. He commented on the absence of the carbon- 

 iferous formation, and the abundance of Granitic and older Paloeozoic rocks. 

 In speaking of the expansions of semi-waste low land bordering the coast, 

 he referred to a tuf aceous limestone 'which crops out in thin ledges along the 

 «and banks which form part of the tertiary deposits, and may be anticipated 



