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ROYAL SOCIETY. 



AUGUST, 1865. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Fellows took place on Tuesday, the 

 8th August. The chair was taken by His Excellency, the President, at half- 

 past seven o'clock. 



Mr. William Stone, who had beet, previously nominated by the Council, was 

 after a ballot declared to be duly elected a Fellow of the Society. 



^ The Secretary (Dr. Agnew) laid on the table the usual monthly returns, 

 viz. : — 



1. Visitors to Museum during July, 541. 



2. Ditto to Gardens ditto, 1,140. 



3. Plants, &c., received at Gardens: — From Messrs. Handaside and Mc 

 Millan, Melbourne, one box containing 13 plants. From A. Verschaffelt, 

 Ghent, Belgium, 186 papers of seeds. 



4. Plants supplied from Gardens for decoration of grounds of General 

 Hospital, 126. 



5. Books and Periodicals received (the usual)* 

 Meteorological Returns :— 



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



(a) Table for July. 



(b) Summary and analysis of observations for ditto. 



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



(a) Table for June. 



(b) Eeading of Government Schooner^s Barometer for ditto. 



3. Swansea, from Dr. Story. 

 (a) Table for June. 



The usual analysis of the Hobart'Town Observatory Kecords, together with 

 those of Births, Deaths, &c. for July, by E. Swarbreck Hall, Esq., was read 

 by the Secretary. 



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



1. Two Black Opossums (Phalangista fuliginosa). From M. Allport, Esq. 



2. Lamprey caught in the Coal Eiver, near Jerusalem. From the Kev. Mr. 

 Marum, per Dr. E. S. HalL 



3. Foetal Ray, in its ease. From A. B. Jones, Esq. 



4. Tasmanian Kingfisher [Alcyone azurea). From Mr. J. Lumsden, New 

 Norfolk. 



5. A collection of mineral specimens from Victoria, presented by Professor 

 Irving per M. Allport, Esq: — Silver Ore, Chloro-bromide of Silver, from 

 St. Arnaud. Cassiterite from the Ovens. Ditto from Beech worth (3 

 specimens). Cassiterite with Iserine, from Strathbogie, Eui-oa. Oxide of 

 tin. Large grained Titanic iron sand. Octohedral Chromite. Gem sand, 

 principally Zircon and Sapphire. 



6. Sample of prepared tobacco, grown at the Carlton. Presented by A. 

 Steel, Esq. 



Mr. W. Johnston exhibited, on behalf of Mr. J. Risby and Mr. R. J. 

 Edwards, several specimens of gold-beai-ing quartz obtained by them from their 

 claim at Fingal at a depth of about 80 feet. On trial it had been found to 

 jdeld seven grains of gold to ten pounds of quartz. The manager of the Com- 

 pany is very sanguine of success, but does not wish to say anything definite until 

 ten tons of the quartz are crushed. 



A paper was read by Mr. E. Swarbreck Hall on the Lamprey (presentatioii 

 No. 2) which was before the meeting. The specimen presented the peculiaritj 



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