25 

 ROYAL SOCIETY. 



APEIL, 1866. 



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

 Tuesday the 10th April, His Excellency Colonel T. Gore Browne in the 

 chair. 



J. W. Graves, Esq., 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 monthly returns, 

 viz,,— 



1. Visitors to Museum during March, 588. 



2. Ditto to Gardens ditto 1714. 



3. Plants received at Gardens ditto. From Mr. Patterson, Sydney, 9. 



4. Plants, &c., sent from Gardens. To A. Verschaffelt, Ghent, Belgium, 



2 large tree ferns. To the Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, a collection 

 of Tasmanian mosses. To Capt. Storie, 48 papers colonial seeds. To 

 Dr. Picken,H.M.S.S. Curayoa, 50 papers colonial seeds for transmission 

 to Turkey. 



5. Specimens sent to Dr. Mobius, Hamburg Museum, 15 specimens of Ter- 



tiary fossilSjlO mountain limestone do, 9 carboniferous do, 1 dysodyle, 8 

 wood opal, 1 silicified wood , 101 Tasmanian shells, (recent), 3 sphoeria 

 Gunnii, 2 S. Robertsia, total, 150 specimens. 



6. Books and periodicals received. 

 Meteorological Returns. 



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

 a. Table for March, 



6. Summary of observations for ditto. 



2. Westbury, from F. Belstead, Esq. 

 a. Table for March. 



3. Port Arthur, from J; Boyd, Esq. 



a. Table for February. 



b. Beading of Government schooner's barometer for ditto. 



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

 a. Table for January. 



6. Ditto for February. * 



5. Swansea, from Dr. Story. 



a. Table for February. 



b. Ditto for March. 



The Secretary read the usual analysis of the Observatory Records and 

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

 The presentations were as follows : — 



1. From the author, the Rev. J. E. F. Woods, F.G.S:, &c., two Papers 



(printed), read before the Adelaide Philosophical Society, on " The 

 Tertiary Rocks of South Australia." Also a Pamphlet on the " Ter- 

 tiary Deposits in the Colony of Victoria," by the same author. 



2. A parcel containing 16 varieties of Tasmanian shells. From H. M. 



Hull, Esq. 



3. A Grebe (Podiceps poliocephalusj. From J. "W. Graves, Esq. 



4. White hawk (Astur Novoe Hollandice). From Mrs. C. Lamb. 



5. Mussel, with pearls. From A. B. Jones, Esq. 



6. 401b. Armstrong shot, fired from H. M. S. S. Curagoa, and afterwards 



picked up on a sandy beach. From Commodore Sir W. Wiseman. 



The shot, or conical-headed bolt, presents some points of interest. Having 

 been fired into soft sand its original figure is preserved, whilst its lead coating 

 exhibits in a very striking manner the effects of the rifling of the gun. 



The attention of the Fellows present was directed to a fine collection of 

 fruit from the Society's gardens, comprising 12C varieties of apples and 55 of 

 pears. 



The Secretary read a paper by C. Gould, Esq., the Government Geologist, 



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