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ROYAL SOCIETY. 



0CT0J3E1I, 1865. 



The usual monlbly evenin;,' iriueliug of the Society was held on Tuesday, 

 the 10th October, the Hon. 11. Oflicer, Esq., V.l'., in the chair. 



Auioug the Fellows |ne.seiil avcic the Veu. Archdeacon Davies, Dr. Aguew, 

 (hou. secretary), l^ieut. J.loyd, R.E., Messrs. W. L. Dobsou, F, Abbott, 

 T. Stephens, H. Eutler, J. i:>oughty, K. S. Bright, M. Allport, A. G. 

 Webster, W. Stone, H. S. Wintle, E. S. Hall, &c. Dr. Brooke was also 

 present, as a visitor. 



The Secretary laid on the table the usual returns, namely : — 



1. Visitors to Museum diuing September, 650. 



2. Ditto to Gardens ditto, 1,779. 



^3. Plants supplied. To M. Allport, Esq., for planting on Franklin I'jland, 

 25 white Mulberry. 



5. Books and Periodicals received. 

 Meteorolor/ical Returns :— 



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

 (a J Table for September. 



(bj Summaiy of observations for ditto. 



2. Port Arthur, from J. Boyd, Es«]. 

 fa J Table for August. 



(bJ Heading of schooner's bai-onicier for ditto, 



3. Swansea, from Dr. Story. 

 Ca) Tabic for August. 



4. Tamar Heads, from K. Henry, Esq. 

 (a) Table for September. 



6, Adelaide, S.A., from C. Todd, Esq. 

 (a J Tables for July. 



The Secretary read the usual Analysis of the Hobart Town Meteorological 

 Table, and Hcaith llcport for the mouth by E. S. Hall, Es<i. 

 The presentations to the Aluscum were as follows : — 



1. Four specimens of Corallines, from Chapoll Island. Presented by Air. 

 Babingtou. 



2. Black Coru:oraut ( Phalacrocorax Cavho'dcs), From Mr. Oaklev, New 

 Norfolk. 



3. Ditto. From Mr. Cawtho)-ne. 



4. Pelican (Pdccanu.s conspiciUalv.s). From ^Ir. Fulton, Hobarfc Town. 



5. A curiously-twisted root of she-oak (?) Presented by J. Hayes, Esq., 

 M.H.A. 



6. Medal, Victoria and Albert, 1851. From L. "W. Dessaur, Esq. 



7. A Japanese coin. From W. Pitt, Esq. 



8. Native tiger (Thijlacbms cynoccphcdas). From W. A. B. Gellibrand, 

 Esci- 



9. Forester kangaroo (Macropus iiwjor). From M. Allport, Esq. 



10, Geoloycal Map and Sections of Pro^^nco of "WilliDgtou, New Zealand, 

 From His Honor the Sui^erintendeut, AYclhngtoi . 



Ml-, il. ALLPQiii brought uudvr tiiv i^vticc of the mcttiuL' tlig fact that the 



