EOYAL SOCIETY, 



MARCH, 1870. 



The first monthly evening meeting of the session was held on Tuesday, 

 the 8th March, J. Barnard, Esq., in the chair. 



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



1. Visitors to Museum during January and February, 1836. 



2. Ditto Gardens ditto, 3687. 



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



Society's Gardens during February. 



4. Tench supplied from pond in Gardens during February, 12. 



5. Books and Periodicals received in January and February. 



6. Presentations to Museum since last meeting. 

 Meteorological Retiiyns. 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq., — tables for January and 



February. 



2. Port Arthur, from J. Boyd, Esq., — table for January. 



3. Swansea from Dr. Story, — ditto for December and January. 



4. Westbury, from C. Belstead, Esq., — ditto for January and February. 



5. New Zealand, from the Government, — ditto for November and 



December. 



6. Brisbane, Queensland, from E. McDonnell, Esq., Government Ob- 



server,— tables for October, November, and December, 1869. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follow : — • 



1. From Miss H. May son and Miss J. Mitchell — A collection of Shells 



from East Coast of Tasmania. 



2. From J. T. Leake, Esq., Campbell Town — A specimen of Eoman 



Brick from St. Albans, England (the ancient Verulamium). 



3. From the Very Rev. Archdeacon Marum, per Dr. E. S. Hall — A 



collection of Fossils from neighbourhood of Dromedary Mountain. 



4. From Mr. 0. H. Hedberg — A collection of Swedish Coins and Notes. 



5. From Mr. Dinham — Two stone Hatchets made by Aborigines of 



Australia and Tasmania. Portions of Skull, &c., of Aborigine 

 dug up ac Mona Vale, Tasmania. A fossil Seed from the sand- 

 stone, Somersetshire, England, found 80 feet below the surface. 



6. From Mrs. S. Crouch — A collection of weapons, (fee, from Fiji and 



Samoa, viz. : — One Fijian Pillow, two pieces Tappa cloth, one 

 female Fijian chief's Dress, one Paddle, two War Clubs, one 

 piece Samoan Cloth, one Sandwich Island Spear, one Spear, 

 Skull of Porpoise, Foetal Porpoise. 



7. From Mr. M. Weber— A War Club from Fiji. 



8. From J. W. Graves, Esq. — Two skulls of Axis Deer from Slopen 



Main. 

 [These deer were bred from those imported by Sir W. Denison from 

 the Lower Ganges, and turned loose on Tasman's Peninsula.] 



9. From Mr. Fencker — Four specimens of auriferous quartz from the 



Pioneer Reef, Lyndhurst (Waterhouse). 



10. From W. A. B. Gellibrand, Esq. — A stone Axe from New Zealand. 



11. From H. M. Hull, Esq. — A Lizard, 8 Crickets, and two Fish. 



12. From J. W. Graves, Esq. — Nest of Sparrow from a gum tree in Mr. 



Turner's millyard. A Black Snake (Hoploccphalm curtusj. 

 [This snake was killed near the upper end of Goulburn -street, Hobart 



