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3. From I;r. Officer, two siiecimens Nankeen Night Heron (Nyctkorcuc 

 Caledonicus). 



4. From J. Maclanachan, Esq., a Calif ornian Quail. 



5. From Col. Chesney, a Sp )tte(l Owl (Athene inaculata.) 



6. J'rom J. Swan, Esq., a White Kangaroo Kat. 



7. From E. Swan, Esq., a Kingfisher (^/t'i/o/icasurea.) 



8. From M. AUport, Esq., a Crayfish. 



9. From Master L. Agnew, a bronze Coin. 



10. From Captain McArthur, barque Alacyin, Bow and Arrows from Aurora 

 Island, a Speir from Espirito Santo, a Native Girdle from Leper Island. 



11. From Captain Browne, barque Nightingale, a War Dress from Pleasant 

 Island, a Hat from Straits of Bali. 



12. From Mr. C. C. Schaw, two specimens of Sphceria Rdbertsia, from New 

 Zealand. 



13. From Mr.C. Basstian, sample of auriferous Iron Sand from New Zealand, 

 specimens of a peculiar tissue forming the inside of the leaf of a New Zealand 

 tree. 



14. From Hon. E. Abbott, Esq., M.L.C., a specimen of Kauri gum. 



15. From Colonel Chesney, specimens of quartz from the Union Company's 

 new reef at Mangana. 



16. From T. Stephens, Esq., the Athenaeum, complete for years 1861-2-3-4. 

 Mr. M. Allport read a "Notice of some Fossils recently discovered near 



Kisdon," and which he largely illustrated by a collection submitted for 

 examination by the meeting. 



Mr. Gould observed that the study of these tertiary deposits was of great 

 interest, taken in connection with our other tertiary deposits, both of fresh 

 water and marine origin occurring generally along the sea-board of the island. 

 He described in some little detail the formations at Coal Head, in Macquarie 

 Harbor, where fresh water deposits of sand, clay, and gravel form cliffs of from 

 eighty to one hundred feet in height, and in which plant-remains, leaves, &c., 

 occur abundantly, together with lignite ; whence the name of the headland. He 

 also alluded to the raised beaches, and marine tertiary drift, constituting largely 

 the north-eastern part of the island, and discussed slightly the age of the 

 different eruptions of basalt with reference to these deposits. Mr. Gould 

 called the attention of the Society to some specimens of iron ore belonging to 

 two mineral species, viz., Magnetic Oxide, and Brown Haematite, both of which 

 he stated occurred abundantly in the vicinity of the Tamar River, near 

 Hfracombe, the first containing 72 per cent, of iron, the other varying up to 

 60 per cent. He forbore going into detail, as he said that would be the 

 subject of a report to Parliament, but merely pointed out some interesting facts 

 in connection with the variations of the specific character of the iron according 

 to the country traversed ; which he described as consisting of formations cor- 

 responding with those forming a large portion of the western district of Tas- 

 mania. He speculated briefly on the possibility of reducing the ore by means 

 of charcoal,— referriag to the superior quality of the iron produced direct by 

 this means to that obtained by ordinary processes. He also pointed out that 

 these iron deposits were metallic lodes, and not new supei-ficial deposits. 



Conversational discussion ensued as to the probable metalliferous resources 

 of the island, and 



The usual vote of thanks to the authors of papers and the donors of pre* 

 sentations, having been accorded, 



The meetJDg broke up. 



