13 

 ROYAL SOCIETY. 



MAECH, 1866. 



The montUy evening meeting of the Fellows, the first of the present session, 

 was held on Tuesday, the 13th March, His Excellency Col. T. Gore Browne, 

 president, in the chair. 



Mr. Henry James Marsh having been 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 returns, viz. :— 



1. Visitors to Museum during February, 552. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, ditto, 1786. 



3. Plants, &c., received at Gardens :— From A. Verschaffelt, Ghent, Belgium, 

 one box containing 200 varieties of bulbs. 



4. Times of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of standard plants in Gardens. 



5. Booka and periodicals received. 

 Meteorological Returns, 



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

 a. Table for February. 



6. Summary of Observations for ditto. 



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



a. Tables for December, 1865, and January, 1866. 



6. Eeading of Government schooner's barometer for ditto ditto: 



3. Swansea, from Dr. Story. 



a. Tables for^October and November, 1865. 



4. Tamar HeadJs, from E. Henry, Esq. 



a. Tables for November and December, 1865 ; January and February, 

 1866. 



5. Westbury, from F. Belstead, Esq. 



a. Tables for November and December, 1865 ; January and February, 

 1866. 



6. Eoss, from M. Duncanson, Esq. 



a. Tables for November and December, 1865 ; January and February, 

 1866. 

 The Secretary read the usual Analysis of the Observatory Records, with a 

 Health Eeport for Febx-uary, by E. Swarbeck Hall, Esq. 

 The presentations were as follows : — 



1. From the Trustees of Australian Museum, Sydney, 6 specimens of Mam- 



mals, 58 ditto of Birds, and 14 of Eeptiles, all named. 



2. From Mr. Chick, Ironstone Creek, specimen of Musk Duck {Biziura 



lobafa). Intestinal Worm and button, passed by a child. 



3. From J. Perkins, Esq., a sample of Queensland grown sugar. 



4. From J. Cogle, Esq., 6 samples of wool collected in New Zealand. 



5. From Col. Chesney, specimen of Echinus. 



6. From Mr. Wm, Henry, 4 copper coins, 2 Chinese ditto. 



7. From Mr. J. Kelly, 2 half-pennies, George III. 



8. From Mr. J. Lumsden, N^w Norfolk, specimens of White Hawk {Asfur 



Novm Hollandice) and Nankeen Night Heron {Nyctocorax Caledonicus). 



9. From M. AUport, Esq., specimen of Eail. 



10. From Mr. Eoblin, a brown Hawk [leracidea herigora). 



11. From Mr. J. Smith, River Ouse, a spotted Owl {Athene tnaculata). 



12. From Dr. Hall, 12 fossils from new Huon Eoad. 



13. From Mr. F.Abbott, jun., 1 ditto ditto. 



14. From Mr. Fletcher, jaws of Eay. 



It haviog been determined by the Council, and announced to the Fellows 

 generally, that a microscopical exhibition should bo held this evening, the 

 final arrangements were now made by intending exhibitors, and the doora 

 were thrown open at eight o'cock. 



The microscopes, fourteen in number, occupied two rooms, and were liber- 

 ally supplied with objects of varied interest. The exhibitors were Mr. Abbott, 

 Mr. M. Allport, Dr. Agnew, Mr. Bright, Lieut. -Colonel Chesney, Mr, Giblin, 



