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EOYAL SOCIETY. 



AUGUST, 1866. 



Tlie usaal monthly evening meeting of the Fellows was held on Tuesday, 

 the 14th August, The Ven. Archdeacon Davies m the chair. 



Mr. J. M. Clarke, who had 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 following returns for th» 

 past month : — 



1 . Visitors to Museum, 446. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 678. 



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



a. From Dr. Officer, seeds of Pittosporum tenuifolium, and Aralea 



Schceffleri, received from the Acclimatisation Society, Christchurch, New 



Zealand. 

 6 From Dr. Mueller, Melbourne Botanic Gardens. — Scions of 43 varieties 



of Fruit; 12 varieties Phaseolus, 48 Peas, 43 Beans, 12 Lentils, &c. 

 C. From the same, for the decoration of the proposed cemetery. — 71 



Coniferae, 1 17jvarietie3 of Trees and Shrubs, 90 Oaks, 30 Suckers of 



Myrica gale. 

 d. From Mi'. A. Beames, Sydney, 30 papers of Californian seeds. 



4. Plants sent from Gardens. 



a. To W. A. B. Gellibrand, Esq. — Scions of 48 varieties of Apple, 26 Pears, 



18 Plums, 10 Gooseberries, and 2 Currants; total, 101 varieties. 

 6. To Director of Public Works, for Franklin-square, 97 plants. 



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

 Gardens. 



6. Books and periodicals received. 

 Meteorological Returns. 



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

 a. Table for July. 



6. Summary of observations for ditto. 



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

 a. Table for July. 



h. Reading of schooner's barometer for ditto. 



3. Swansea, from Dr. Story. 

 a. Table for May. 



6. Ditto for June. 



4. Westbury, from F. Belstead, Esq. 

 a. Table for July. 



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

 a. Table for July. 



6. From F. Abbott, Esq. 



a. Table of Results of Meteorological Observations made in Tasmania, 

 from 1st July to 31st Dec, 1865. 



The Secretaky read the usual "Analysis of the Hobart Town Meteoro- 

 logical Records, and Health Report" for the month, by E. Swarbreck Hall, 

 Esq. 



33r. Hall drew attention to the remarkable fact indicated in the returns 

 for the month of July, that although winds were very frequent, and of 

 imusual violence, round the coasts of the neighboring continent, calmer 

 weather than usual prevailed in the vicinity of Hobart Town, and round the 

 seaboard of Tasmania generally. 



The following presentations to the Museum were brought under the notice of 

 the meeting : — 



1. From Dr. Cox, Sydney, about 100 varieties Shells. 



2. From Mr. Thatcher, per Mr: Legrand, 20 ditto. 



