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JULY, 1871. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Society was held at the Museum 

 on Tuesday, the 1 1th July, M, Allport, Esq. , Vice President, in the 

 chair. 



Mr. F. G. Salier, who had been previously put in nomination, was 

 after a ballot declared duly elected as a Fellow of the Society. 



The foUowdng returns for the month of June were laid before the 

 meeting : — 



1. Visitors to Museum, 805. 



2. Ditto to G-ardens, 1652. 



3. Plants and seeds received at Gardens : — 



A. From Melbourne Botanic Gardens, 33 plants, chiefly of economic 



value. 



B. From Dr. Hooker, Pv-oyal Gardens, Kew, 88 packets Asiatic, 



177 ditto American, and 234 ditto of European seeds, in all 499 

 varieties. 



4. Books and periodicals received. 



5. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorological Returns : — 



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



2. Port Arthur, from A. H. Boj^d, Esq., table for May. 



3. Sydney, from the Government Observer, table for April, 



4. The Secretary read the " Notes on the INleteorology and Mortality 



of the Hobart Town Registration District duiing the month 

 of June, 1871," by Dr. E. Swarbreck Hall. 

 The presentations to the ISIuseum were as follow : — 



1. From Mr. T. A. Shone, Back Eiver, a curious horny growth from 



the haunch of a sheep. 



2. From Mr. G, Dinham, a crown-piece of the " Gun Money" of 



James II., 1690 ; struck during the war in Ireland. 

 [This coin is one of those originally struck as half-crowns, but metal 

 becoming scarce they were afterwards called in and re-struck as crowns. 

 The first impression is still partly "legible on the coin now presented. 

 Information on the subject was read by the Secretary from " Kuding's 

 Coinage of Great Britain," vol. 2, page 27.] 



3. From Mr. B. Webb, a bronze coin, a copper do., (Guernsey 1834.) 



4. From Mrs. J. Allport, a collection of Ferns from ]\Iadras. 



5. From Mr. H. Gomolka, an extensive and valuable collection of 



New Zealand Birds (80) Fishes (13), Crustaceans (27), Sheila 

 (36), European Mammals (5), Birds (12) ; and South Australian 

 Bu-ds (7), Shells (33.) These specimens were all collected, 

 prepared, and mounted by the donor. 

 The following remarks " On a new Genus of Freshwater Mollusks," 

 by Mr. W. Legrand, were read by Mr. Allport : — 



" Some time since Mr. INIaddock, of Dunrobin, sent some freshwater 

 shells to the Museum. One of them at the time struck me as being 

 new ; to be certain of the matter I sent specimens to INIr. Hanley, 

 of London, that gentleman's answer is as follows : — * One of j'our fresh 

 water species is quite a novelty, it is even of generic importance. It 

 is almost a Gundlachia, but merits distinction. I propose for it the name 

 of Legrand a in honour of the discoverer. ' 



"The shell mentioned in some respectsre sembles an a nc?/?MS, the finest 

 specimens that I have seen are those from Dunrobin, I have also received 

 some of a smaller size from between New Norfolk and Hamilton. 

 I propose for it the specific name Maddocki. A description with 



