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EOYAL SOCIETY. 



JTOTE, 1866. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Fellows was held on Tuesday, the 12th 

 June. F. Abbott, Esq., in the chair. 



The following gentlemen (who had been previously nominated by the Council) 

 were, after a ballot, declared to be duly elected as Fellows of the Society : — 

 C. B. Wilkinson, Esq., E. Swan, Esq., and J. C. Mace, Esq. 



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



1. Visitors to Museum during May, 457. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 1342. 



3. Plants, &c., received at Gardens : — 



a. From M. Allport, Esq., seeds of White Waterlily ( Nynvphcea alba:) 



b. From T. Paterson, Esq., Sydney, 9 varieties Pelargonium cuttings, 7 

 papers seeds, and 14 plants. 



4. Plants, &c., sent from the Society's Gardens, by the Victoria, to the 

 Melbourne Botanic Gardens, 289 plants, 100 papers of seeds, and 9 

 varieties of forest seeds. 



5. Time of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a few standard plants in 

 Botanic Gardens. 



6. Books and periodicals received. 

 Meteorological Returns. 



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

 a. Table for May. 



6. Summary of observations for ditto. 



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



a. Table for April, and reading of Government schooner's barometer. 

 h. Ditto for May, and ditto, ditto. 



3. Westbury, from F. Belstead, Esq. 

 a. Table for May. 



4. Swansea, from Dr. Story. 

 a. Table for April. 



The Secretaky read the usual analysis of the Observatory Eecords and 

 Health Eeport for the past month, by E. S. Hall, Esq. 



Dr. Hall observed that his remarks relative to the difference in the amoimt 

 of rainfall at various places were borne out by the returas before the meeting. 



The amount recorded for May at Port Arthur was 3'86in. ; at Westbury for 

 the same month, 3"64in. ; while at Hobart Town it was only l*82in. 



Mr. Abbott observed that as an almost invariable rule the observations 

 showed a much higher rainfall at Circular Head and Port Arthur than at 

 any other locality, and he was certain were stations established on the West 

 Coast generally, that there also the rainfall would be found to bo very great. 



The presentations were as follows : — 



1. From the Kev. Dr. Nicolson, a collection of native dresses, weapons, &c., 

 from Samoa, viz., — A native dress, five pieces native cloth, a model of a 

 canoe, a " killing stone," a hair fishing-line, and six specimens coral. 



2. From W. Elliston, Esq., a recent specimen of the Shoveller Duck {Spatula 

 rhynchotis). 



3. From Mrs. Wear, a Canary, stuffed and mounted. 



4. From H. Hopkins, jun., Esq., an Australian Boomerang. 



5. From W. P. Latham, Esq., Hamilton, a Crow, {Corvus coronoidcs) 

 curiously marked, 



6. From T. J. Falls, Esq., specimen of Pipe Fish (Sygnathus sp.) 



