80 

 KOYAL SOCIETY. 



SEPTEMBEE, 1864. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Fellows was held at the Museum on 

 Tuesday, the 13th September. F.Abbott, Esq., in the chair. 



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

 were, after a ballot, declared to be duly elected as correspondiag members 

 of the Society : — Dr. Bennett, of Sydney, and Gerald Kreflft, Esq., Curator of 

 Museum, Sydney. 



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



1. Visitors to Museum during August, 624. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, ditto, 1,319. 



3. Plants, &c., supplied from Gardens, — 



To the Salmon Commissioners, for planting round the ponds at the River 

 Plenty, 270 plants, and 2,600 common thorn ditto. 



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



To Messrs. Handyside and McMillan, Melbovirue, one bundle conifer cuttings , 

 and 24 papers of Tasmanian seeds. 



4. Plants received, — 



From iMessi's. Handyside and McMillan, Melbourne, 101 plants, 5 varietief 

 of cuttings, scions of two varieties of plum, and 28 papers of seeds. 



FromHis Excellency Colonel T. Gore Browne, 5 olives from South Australia. 



From Askin Morrison, Esq., a collection of New Zealand plants. 



From Dr. Mueller, Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, 338 papers of seeds, about 

 150 of which are newto the Society's Gardens. 



From Mr. C. Diehl, Dunedin, 36 plants. 



5. Periodicals received (the usual). 

 Meteorological Returns, — 



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

 {a) Table for August. 



(6) Summary and Analysis of Observations for ditto. 



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

 (a) Table for July. 



(6) Reading of government schooner's barometer for ditto. 



3. Swansea, from Dr. Storey, 

 (a) Table for July. 



The Secretary read an analysis of the Hobart Town Meteorological Table, 

 with a Health Report for the month, by E. S. Hall, Esq. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follows : — 



1. A bronze cap ornament, picked up on the field of Waterloo shortly after 

 the engagement. From Miss Nicholas. 



2. A press copy of a copy of one of the early manuscript newspapers of Port 

 Philip. From Mr. A. B. Willis. 



3. Jade ornament and a Spanish coin. From Miss Nicholas. 



4. Specimen of native copper, from Adelaide, and 2 .Cochin China coins. 

 From Miss Edgar. 



5. A pearl, from an oystei-, from New Town Bay. From Mr. Sievewright. 



6. Journals of House of Assembly, vol. x. From H. M. Hull, Esq. 



7. Sparrow-hawk (Accipiter torquatus). From Mr. M Allport. 



8. Specimen of wood, with a letter. From Isaac Sherwin, Esq., M.H.A. 



The wood was carefully examined by the Fellows ^present, and was very 

 much admired. In grain and general appearance it much resembles cedar, and 

 would evidently be of great value if readily procurable. From Mr. Sherwin's 

 letter it appears to have been obtainedf rom a log which had been floated down 

 one of the northern rivers, and it is supposed the district whence it came 

 must be about fifteen or twenty miles from Deloraine. 



The Secretary, at the request of Mr. M. Allport, who was vmable to be 

 present, mentioned that the young salmon were going on as well as possible. 

 Many of them were now about three inches in length, and exhibited aU the 

 characteristic markings of parr. 



Mr. Allport wished to have it reported that on his visit yesterday to the 

 Plenty he had, for the first time, seenthQ Bernicla juhata, or ManedGoose,a 

 bird so very rare in Tasmania that Mr. Gould states " it seldom, if ever, visits 



