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Graves, J. \A' Esq. — A Pliotographic Copy of the deed of conveyance 



of Frail Klin Island l\y Tjady Franklin in favour of the Tasmaniau 



Acclimatisation Society. An English Sparrow. 

 Gomolka, Mr. H.— An extensive and valuable collection of New Zealand 



Birds (80), Fishes (13), Crustaceans (27), Shells (36); European 



Mammals (5), Birds (12), and South Australian Birds (7), Shells 



(33). These specimens were all collected, prepared, and mounted 



by the donor. Also a Mineral Specimen (Chromate of Lead) from 



Dun Mountain, New Zealand. 

 Hull, Master. — Nest and Eggs of Honey-eater. 



Handley, Mr. T. B. — A Harpoon, much twisted, found in a whale cap- 

 tured off Macquarie Harbour by Captain Smith of the " Maid of 



Erin." 

 Hedberg, Mr. Oscar.— Tanned Skin of a Jaguar (?) 

 Holmes, Mr., Jerusalem. — A Green Parrot, unusually marked. 

 Haywood, Master A. — A Portugese Copper Coin, 1814. 

 Huston, Dr. — A Paradise Duck. 

 Hissey, Mr. — Skeleton of a Fox (Cams vulpes.) 

 Josephs, Mr. W. — A small Copper Coin, probably Persian, picked up 



at Clarence Plains. 

 Jefferson, Master Wm., Femshawe, Victoria (per J. W. Graves, Esq. — 



Nest and Egg of Lyre Bird (Menura superba), and four other 



nests, with eggs, from same locality. 

 Leefe, Lieut. — A small collection of Shells from Fiji. 

 Moir, Mr. J, G. — Fossils from the limestone near Brown's River. 

 Maclanachan, Hon. J., Esq., M.L.C. — A Carolina Duck (Dendronessa 



spoiua). A ditto ditto. 

 Mitchell, Mr. J. — A French coin (dix centimes), Napoleon III, 1856. 

 Nash, Mr. — A German Lottery Ticket. 

 Officer, Sir Robert. — A large Geological Map. A Land Rail (Rallus 



pectoralis). 

 Pearce, Mr. J. — Two American Notes ("Greenbacks,") value 50 cents 



and 10 cents. 

 Rowntree, Mr. — Polished Specimen of Native Myrtle (Fagus 



CunninghnmiiJ. 

 Read, R. C, Esq. — Specimen of Black Marble from the Florentine 



Valley, River Gordon, Tasmania. Specimen of Swainson's 



Lorikeet, shot at New Norfolk. 

 Reid, A., Esq., Ratho. — An Albino variety of the common Quail. 

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

 Scott, Jas., Esq., M.H.A.— Nine Stone Implements made by the 



Aborigines of Tasmania, from Macquarie River. 

 Seal, M., Esq. (on behaK of the United Happy Valley Gold Mining 



Company). — A specimen of auriferous Quartz from Christmas 



Reef (very rich) ; ditto from new reef, Ovens, Victoria. 

 Smith, Mr., Port Davey. — Portions of Skull of Sperm "SVliale, two 



Pelvic bones of ditto, ear bones of ditto ; curiously twisted 



saplings ; nest and eggs of White Shafted Fantail ( Rhipidura 



alhiscapa). 

 Stokell, G., Esq.— A perfect Skeleton of a Sandwich (?) Island Native. 

 Seal, M. , Esq. — Fossil Seeds from a recent tertiary formation at Haddon, 



near Ballarat, Victoria. 

 Shone, T. A., Mr., Back River. — A curious horny growth from the 



haunch of a sheep. 

 Stephens, T. , Esq. — A fine specimen of the large Australian Volute 



( Voluta magnifica. ). Travertine from Dunrobin. 

 Simpson, Mr. W.— Au unusually large Egg of the Domestic Goose. 



