48 

 OCTOBER, 1870. 



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

 11th October, Ilis Excellency, C. Du Cane, Esq., President, in the chair. 

 The Hon Mrs. Du Cane and ]\Ir. C. M. S. Chichester, Private Secretary, 

 were also present, together with the following members of the Society : 

 — Dr. Agnew, Messrs. M. Allport, J. W. Graves, L. ll.Castray, S.Wright. 

 F. Abbott. J. McC. Browne, F. Abbott, junr., H. Bilton, and Colonel 

 Crawford. 



The following gentlemen, who had previously been put in nomination, 

 ■were after a ballot declared duly elected as members of the Society,viz. : — 

 Mr. P, T. Smith, of Syndal, Koss, and Mr. J. Young, of Howrah, Belle- 

 rive. 



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

 for the past month : — 



1. Visitors to Museum, 685. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 1906. 



3. Seeds received at Society's Gardens. 



a. From Dr. Milligan — Collection of seeds of ornamental shrubs and 



trees, flowers and vegetables ; from the gardens of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society, London. A packet of seed of the China grass 

 fibre plant {JBcehmeria mvea), from the Eoyal Botanic Society's 

 Gardens, London. 



b. From Mrs. Woodin — Seeds of Umbrella Pine of Japan {Sciodopitys 



verticillata.) 



4. Time of leafing, &c., of a few standard plants in Society's Gardens. 



5. Books and periodicals received. 



6. Presentations to Museum. 



Meteorological Returns. 



1. Hobart Town— From F. Abbott, Esq., table &c., for September. 



2. Port Arthur— From J. Boyd, Esq., ditto, ditto. 



3. Swansea — From Dr. Story, ditto July and August. 



4. Westbury — From C. Belstead, Esq., ditto September. 



6. Sydney — From the Government Astronomer, ditto for July. 



6. New Zealand — From the Government Observer, tables from various 



stationsfor June and July ; and from Wellington for August. 



7. From Government Astronomer, Melbourne, table for August. 



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



1. From Mr. Baynton, Brown's River — A small collection of Land 



Shells, Crustacea, &c. 



2. From Mr. W. Johnston, Trinity Hill — A specimen of the Bronze- 



winged Cuckoo {Chrysococcyx lucidus), from Kangaroo Bottom. 



3. From Mr. J. W. Graves — A Sparrow Hawk {Accipter torquatus). 



4. From Mr. F. Butler — Four specimens of ore from Penguin Creek 



silver mine. 

 6. From Rev. J. Hutchison, New Town — A Hermit Crab (Pagurus sp). 



6. From Captain Williams— A Cuttle fish from the Fast Coast. 



7. From Mr. T. Giblin — Specimen of the paper-like bark of a species 



of Tea-tree {Melaleuca sp. ?), from New South Wales. 

 [The tree from which this bark was obtained is probably identical 

 with, or closely allied to the swamp Tea-tree {Melaleuca ericcefolia), of this 

 colony, in reference to which the following note appears in Hooker's 

 " Flora Tasmaniae," vol. 1, page 129:— "Mr. Gunn describes this as one 

 of the comm(mest inhabitants of the marshes, often forming an impene- 

 trable scrub, most expensive to clear. Trees of it attain 70 feet, and 



