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NOVEMBER, 1870. 



The monthly meeting of the Society was held on Tuesday, the 8th 

 November, J. Barnard, Esq., in the chair. 



Among the Fellows present were Colonel Crawfoi-d, Dr. Agnew, 

 Messrs. J. Allport, H. J. Buckland, M. AUport, H. Bilton, F. Abbott, 

 jun., J. Roberts, J. W. Graves, L. Susman, L. R. Castray, C. M. 

 Maxwell, A. G. Webster, Justin McC. Browne. Messrs. Curtayne and 

 McFarlane (2) were also present as visitors. 



The Secretary laid before the meeting the following returns for the past 

 month, viz. : — 



1. Visitors to Museum, 737. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 2232. 



3. Time of leafing, flowering, &c., of a few standard plants in Botanic 



Gardens. 



4. Books and periodicals received. 



5. Presentations to Museum and Library. 

 Meteorological Returns : — 



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



October. 



2. Swansea, from Dr. Story, ditto for September. 



3. Port Arthur, from J. Boyd, Esq. , ditto for October. 



4. Sydney, from Government Ol^servatory, ditto for August. 



5. Melbourne, from ditto, ditto for September. 



The following presentations to the Museum and Library were brought 

 under the notice of the meeting : — 



1. From Mr. M. Allport. — A Black Snake ( Hoplocephalas curtus) 



from near the waterworks reservoir. Length, 4 feet 6 inches. A 

 Fox Shark, or " Thresher " (Alopias vulpes) caught in Adventure 

 Bay. 



2. From Caj)tain Warren, R.E. — Pair of feet of " Cariboo Deer " of 



Nova Scotia, a pair of Indian mocassins made from skin of hocks 

 of "Moose Deer" of Nova Scotia. (A note from Captain 

 Warren, which accompanied these specimens, descriptive of the 

 mode of preparing the mocassins, was read. ) 



3. From Mr. J, Young, Howrah. — A human Skull from Fiji, Jaws of a 



species of Shark caught in the Derwent. [The fish from which 

 this specimen was obtained is probably identical with the Port 

 Jackson shark {Cestradon Cuv. ), figured in " Phillips' Voyage to 

 New South Whales," p. 383, and is interesting as being the only 

 known living representative of an extinct sx^ecies found in the 

 European tertiaries.] 



4. From Mr. F. Allison, Sorell. — A pair of Mexican Spurs. 



5. From Salmon Commissioners. — A Salmon Trout Smolt, (Sahno 



trutta) from breeding ponds. River Plenty. 



6. From Rev. H. D, Atkinson. — Eleven specimens, embracing eight 



varieties of Echini from Three Hut Point. 



7. From Mr. Richard Robertson. — A large bony mass from a horse's 



jaw which had been previously fractured. 



8. From Mr. L. Henn. — Curious growth of Honeysuckle (BanJcsia 



sp.) sapling. 



9. From Mr. W. H. Price, Macquarie Plains. — A Ram's head with 



four horns, 

 10. From Mr. T. Herpich, Glenora, Fenton Forest. — An Austrian note, 

 value 1 Gulden (9d. English) ; two quarters of ditto ; five 

 Turkish coins, one ^ Piastre, two I do. , two Paras ; Austrian 

 three Kreutzers ; two Skillings, Hamburg. 



