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EOYAL SOCIETY, 



NOVEMBEK, 1866. 



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

 the 13th of November, F. Abbott, Esq., in the chair. 



The Secretary, Dr. Agnew, laid on the table the following returns for 

 the past month : — 



1. Visitors to Museum 501. 



2. Ditto to Gardens 2624. 



3. Plants and seeds received at Gardens : — 



a. From G. Salier, Esq., 40 papers of New Zealand seeds, gathered 



by ]\Ir. A. Begg. 

 h. From A. Verschaffelt, Ghent, Belguim, 100 named varieties of 



Ranunculus, in good condition. 



4. Times of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a few standard plants 



in Botanic Gardens. 



5. Books and periodicals received. 

 Meteorological Returns : — 



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



a. Table for October. 



b. Summary of observations for ditto. 



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



a. Table for September. 



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



3. Westbury, from F. Belstead, Esq. 

 a. Table for October. 



The Secretary read the usual monthly analysis of the observatory 

 records, together with those of births, deaths, &c., by E. Swarbreck Hall, 

 Esq. 



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



1. From G. Barnard, Esq., six prepared bird skins, and four packets seeds 



from Queensland. 



2. From Dr. Officer, specimen of black-cheeked Falcon ("Faleo mela- 



nogenys.J 



3. From C. A. Glover, Esq., Sorell, a collection of land and freshwater 



shells procured at Sorell. 



4. From Sergeant Eccleston, R.A., a black snake and a whip ditto. 



5. From Miss Stone, a collection of fossil shells (Tertiary) from Western 



Point, Victoria. 



6. A young black snake and a lizard from Huon Road. 

 7. 



8. From H. Hinsby, a young Echidna. 



9. From Justin Browne, Esq., a collection of pamphlets by the late Rev. 



Wm. Day, chiefly in the Samoan language. 



The following Memorandum from the Superintendent of the Botanic 

 Gardens was read : — 

 Memo. 



It would be desirable to draw the attention of agriculturists to the 

 large collection of grasses &c., at present growing in the Royal Society's 



