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ROYAL SOCIETY. 



OCTOBEE, 1871. 



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

 the 10th October, M. Alljjort, Esq., in the chair. 



The following gentlemen, who had previously been nominated 

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

 of the Society, viz., John Swan, Esq., M.H.A., W. E. Crowther, 

 Esq., and R. J. Creasey, Esq. 



The following returns were brought under notice : — 



1. Visitors to Museum during August, 1,241 ; September, 849. 



2. Visitors to Gardens during August, 1,779 ; September, 2,214. 



3. Plants, seeds, &c., received at and sent from Gardens during 



August and September. 



4. Plants supplied for decoration of public places during August 



and September : — 

 a. For Government House grounds 50 plants. 

 I. For Public Offices and Franklin Square 48 plants. 

 €. For Public Buildings, Launceston, 18 plants. 

 d. For Green Ponds Church 100 plants. 

 €. For Catholic Cathedral, Harrington-street, 60 plants. 



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



Society's Garden, during August and September. 



6. Books and periodicals received. 



7. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorological Returns. 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq., table for September. 



2. Port Arthur, from A. H, Boyd, Esq., table for August and 



September. 



3. Westbury, from C. Belstead, Esq., table for August and 



September. 



4. Swansea, from Dr. Story, table for August and September. 



5. Sydney, from the Government Observer, printed tables for 



June and July. 



The Secretary then read the Notes on the Meteorology and Mor- 

 tality of the Hobart Town Registration District during the month, 

 of September, 1871, by Dr. E. Swarbreck Hall, 



The presentations to the Museum were as follow : — 



1. From the South Australian Institute Museum, Adelaide — A 



named collection of bird skins from the Northern Territory. 

 (56 specimens, comprising 36 varieties.) 



2. From Mr. D. Chisholm — An Arabic or Persian coin, found at 



Clarence Plains by Mr. W. Free. A specimen of Syngnathus, 

 and one of Hippocampus. 



3. From Mr. J. Cassidy — A Spirifer (silicified), from Point Puer, 



Tasman's Peninsula. 



4. From Mr. E. J. Webb — Two white cockatoos. 



5. From Mr. Baynton, Brown's River — ^A specimen of the "native 



bread." 



5. From Mr. Ross, Battery Point — A Snake, said to be from Fiji. 



6. From Mr. Stephens — A fine specimen of the large Australian 



Volute. ( Voluta magnifica. ) 



7. From Mr. W. Simpson — An unusually large egg of the domestic 



goose. "Weight of egg lO^^ oz. 



