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 EOYAL SOCIETY. 



OCTOBER, 1666. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Society was held on Tuesday, the 

 9th Octoher, J. Barnard, Esq., in the chair. 



The Rev. R. McLean, and J. Scott, Esq., M.H.A., who had heen pre- 

 viously nominated by the Council, were after a ballot declared to be duly 

 elected Fellows of the Society. 



The following returns for the past month were laid on the table : — 



1. Visitors to Museum, 748. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 2,578. 



3. Seeds received — From Mr. C. F. Creswell, 70 papers. 



4. Plants supplied from Gardens : — 



a. To E. M. Lloyd, R.E., for decoration of grounds of Royal Engineer 

 Department, 103 plants. 



b. For grounds at salmon ponds, 235 plants. 



c. To A. Beames, Esq., Sydney, 50 papers colonial seeds. 



d. To L. Samuels, Esq., Sydney, 24 plants. 



e. To W. Forde, Esq., Sydney, 24 ditto. 



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

 Botanic Gardens. 



6. Presentations to Museum, 



7. Books and periodicals received. 



8. List of specimens of Tasmanian gold and gems sent to Royal Exhibi- 

 tion Commissioners. 



Meteorological Eeturns. 



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



a. Table for September. 



b. Summary and analysis of observations for ditto. 



2. Swansea, from Dr. Story, table for August. 



3. Westbury, from F. Belstead, Esq., table for September. 



4. Ross, from M. Duncanson,Esq., tables for Jime, July, and August. 

 The Secretary read the usual monthly " Analysis of the Observatory 



records, together with those of Births, Deaths," &c., by E. S. Hall, Esq. 

 The presentations to the Museum and Library were as follows : — 



1. From Mr. Home,per Dr. Officer, two hermit crabs. 



2. From I^Ir. G. W. Rex, one ditto. 



3. From Mr. Baynton, Brown's River, jaws of small shark. 



4. From INlJrs. Ellis, Glenorchy, a specimen of native bread. 



6. From Dr. Agnew, Van Diemen's Land almanack, 1832 and 1834, 

 also a very curious old almanack for 1664, printed in London. 



The Secretary intimated that he had been requested by Mr. Morton 

 AUport, who was unable to be present, to lay before the meeting the 

 following remarks in reference to an error in his (Mr. Allport's) report 

 on the condition of the salmon ova on their arrival at the Plenty in May 

 last : — 



It may be in the recollection of some of the Fellows of the Royal Society now 

 present, that in my report of the introduction of ths salmon, read in May 

 last, the following sentence occurs : — 



"On the present occasion a large number of boxes were packed by Mr, 

 Robert Ramsbottom, father of the Superintendent of the Plenty, the re- 

 mainder by one of his sons and by Mr. Thomas Johnson. The boxes packed 

 by Mr. R. Ramsbottom were aU marked with his initials in pencil, and were 

 found on unpacking to contain a far larger average of living ova than tha 

 others, though some of the latter were in better order than aoy of thoM 



