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EOYAL SOCIETY, 



SEPTEMBER, 1870. 



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

 September 13th, Moiton Allport, Esq., in the chair. 



The Secretary, Dr. Agnew, brought under notice the following returns 

 for the past month : — 



1. Visitors to Museum, 957. , 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 1199. 



3. Plants and seeds received at, and sent from gardens. 



4. Tench supplied. 



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



6. Books and Periodicals received. 



7. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorological Returns : — 



1. Hobart Town, from Mr. F. Abbott, Esq., table and summary for 



August. 



2. Westbury, from C. Belstead, Esq., ditto, ditto. 



3. Sydney, from the Government Observatory, ditto for June. 



4. Melbourne, from ditto, ditto, for July. 



5. New Zealand, from ditto, ditto for May. 



The presentations to the Museum were as follow : — 



1. From Mr. Moir, junr., specimen of Alum from a cave near Mr. Moir's 



house, Brown's Kiver Eoad. 



2. From Mr. C. A. Gresley, 5 Eock specimens from Eiver Mersey. 



3. From Mr. Gibbons, chicken with three legs. 



4. From J. Forster, Esq., part of Human Skeleton dug up at Hamilton. 



5. From Mr. M. Allport, specimen of Schorl from Flinders Ibland. A 



lump ©f resin washed on shore at the same place. [This resin is 

 probably the produce of the Oyster Bay pine, Callitris Australis.'] 



6. From James Scott, Esq., M.H.A., the cast skin of a Snake from 



Eingarooma. 



7. From Captain Lloyd, per Mr. 0. H. Hedberg, a shingle of Macquarie 



Harbour pine, from the gaol at Macquarie Harboui", built in 1826. 

 [This specimen shows in a very striking manner the great durability 

 of the wood. Although it has been exposed to the weather for a 

 period of 44 years it presents no appearance of decay — the saw 

 marks even being plainly visible — and on removing the surface 

 with a knife the wood is seen to be perfectly fresh beneath.] 



8. From the Gore Browne Testimonial Committee, two photographs of 



the testimonial presented by the colonists of Tasmania to Colonel 

 (now Sir Thomas) Gore Browne, C.B., on his retirement from the 

 Government of this Island. 



9. From Mr. Philip, Franklin, part of Vertebra of "Whale. 



10. From Mr. S. H. Wintle, 20 geological specimens from New South 



Wales and Victoria, collected by himself ; with a descriptive cata- 

 logue. 



11. From Mr. M. Allport, two fish caught in the Derwent, off Sandy 



Bay. [These fish were unknown to the fishermen who caught them, 

 but closely agree with one figured and described under the name of 

 EuDudichthijs lutidus^ by Dr. Eichardson, in the " Zoology of the 



