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AUGUST, 1871. 



The monthly evening meeting was held on Tuesday, the 8th August, 

 Morton Allport, Esq., in the chair. 



The following gentlemen, who had been previously nominated by the 

 Council, were after a ballot declared duly elected as Fellows of the 

 Society : — The Rev. Brooke Bailey, A. Riddock, Esq. , and John A. 

 Jackson, Esq. 



The following returns were laid before the meeting : — ■ 



1. Visitors to Museum during July, 809. 



2. Ditto to Gardens during July, 1,662. 



3. Seeds received at Gardens — From Royal Gardens 499 packets of 



shrub and three seeds (referred to at last meeting), 300 of which 

 are of species not yet under cultivation at the Gardens. Of the 

 balance about 100 varieties will be valuable for exchange. 



4. Plants supi^lied for planting public places. 

 (a.) For Bothwell Church grounds 100 plants. 



(h.) For Catholic Cathedral grounds, Harrington-street, 192 ditto. 

 (c.) For New Norfolk Asylum grounds 61 ditto. 

 (d. ) For Longford Church grounds 80 ditto. 

 (e. ) For Cascade Asylum grounds 140 ditto. 



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



6. Books and periodicals received, 



7. Presentations to Museum and library. 

 Meteorological Returns. 



1. Hobart Town — From F. Abbott, Esq , table and summary for July. 



2. Port Arthur — From A. H. Boyd, Esq. , table for June. 



3. Westbury — From C. Belstead, Esq., ditto. 



4. Swansea — From Dr. Story, ditto. 



5. Melbourne — From R. J. L. Ellery, Esq. , notes for June. 



6. Sydney — From H, C, Russell, Esq,, printed tables for May, and 



" Results of observations for 1870." 



7. Queensland — From the Rev. R. D. Harris, report of meteorological 



observations for 1869. 



8. The Secretary read the "Notes on the Meteorology and Mor- 



tality in the Hobart Town Registration District during the month 

 of July, 1871," by Dr. E. Swarbreck HaU. 

 The presentations were as follow : — 



1. From Mr. J. Kelly, 2 Chinese coins, and 1 Persian ditto. 



2. From Mr. Schofield, shells from Wreck Reef. 



3. From Mr. W. Josephs, Clarence Plains, a curious fish washed 



on shore in that locality. 

 [This fish bears considerable superficial resemblance to the Chaetodona 

 (beautiful tropical lish). They seem extremely rare in Tasmania, and 

 Mr. Allport stated that he had seen but one other specimen, which 

 was procured on the North Coast by Mr. J. L. Smith, and is now in the 

 Museum. ] 



4. A Whip Snake ( HoplocephaliLS coronoides) found alive in a hollow 



log of firewood. 



5. From IMr. H. Gomolka, a mineral specimen from Dun Mountain, 



New Zealand. 



6. From Meteorological Department, Board of Trade, London, 



Quarterly Weather Report, parts 3 and 4, 1SC9, and Barometer 

 Manual, 1871. 



7. From the author, M. Allport, Esq., F.Z.S., &c., additional notes, 



in continuation of the history of the introduction of the Salmonidse 

 into Tasmania, from proceedings of the Zoolological Society of 

 London. 



