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AUGUST, 1870. 



The usual monthly meetinpr of the Society was held on the evening of 

 Tuesday, the Dlh of August, T. Giblin, Esq., in the chair. 



Amoni? the nionibers present were ^lossrs. M. Allport, Justin Browne, 

 G. R. Napier, 11. J. Buckland, C. Gould, J. M. Clarke, T. Stephens, 

 S. P. II. Wriglit, L. K. Castrav, Dr. Agnew, Hon. Sec, Rev. H. D. 

 Atkinson, and Dr. E. S. Hall; Dr. H. B. Hinton, of H.M. Bengal Army, 

 was also present as a visitor. 



The Hon. Secretary submitted the usual monthly returns, viz: — 



1. Visitors to JNIuseum during July, 7G7. 



2. Do. to gardens do., 1152. 



3. Plants "and seeds received at gardens — From Messrs. Taylor and 



Singster, Melbourne, 26 plants. From Mr. C. F. Creswell, 24 

 packets imported flower seeds. 



4. Plants, &c., sent from gardens: — To H. B. Laurie, Esq., Encounter 



Bay, Adelaide, 100 plants of white mulberry. To Messrs. Todd 

 and Co., Dublin, 10 packets seeds. To Military Barracks, 36 

 sycamores. To Mr. J. Archer, for Church grounds, Longford, 14 

 Coniferas. For grounds of St. Michael's Church, Now Norfolk, 

 54 plants. For Castray Esplanade, 32 pines. For Domain, 120 

 plants. For Government House grounds, 50 plants. 



5. Time of leafing, &c., of a few standard plants in Botanic Gardens. 



6. Books and periodicals received. 



7. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorological Bcinrns. 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq. Table and summary for July. 



2. Port Arthur, from J. Boyd, Esq. Table for July. 



3. Melbourne, from the Government Astronomer, Tables and Notes for 



May and June. 



4. Sydney, from the Government Observatory. Printed table for 



February, jMarch, and April. 



5. New Zealand, from the Government. Abstract tables from various 



stations for April. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follow : — 



1. From H. M. Hull, Esq. — Nest of white shafted fantail fRhipidura 



alhiscapa.) 



2. From Mr. G. Gulliver, Melbourne — 125 specimens of Australian 



Coleoptera, named. 



3. From Captain Robinson, barque Free Trader — A sample of bituminous 



coal from a new seam at Newcastle, New South Wales. 



4. From Mr. Spurling — A specimen of Chimcera Australis caught in 



the Derwent. 



5. From Salmon Commissioners — A Salmon Parr from the breeding 



ponds, River Plenty. 



6. From M. Allport, Esq. — Prawns taken from stomachs of Rock Cod 



(Gadus sp.j. 

 Mr. M. Allport exhibited a young salmon (presentation No. 5), about 

 four years old, from the breeding ponds at the Plenty, which had never 

 been allowed to visit the salt water, as it illustrated a peculiar circumstance 

 in reference to the development of the fish, which was stated in detail at 

 the meeting of the Society three months ago. It was then shown, from 

 the proceedings of the Zoological Societj" of London for 1868, that some 

 salmon parr were prevented from going to sea at their due time, that 

 they still assumed the silvery scales of the smolt but afterwards lost them, 

 reassuming the parr markings. This change went on for two or more 

 years, the fish becoming during the process sickly, stunted in growth, 

 and finally perishing. The specimen now shown was very like those 



