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OCTOBER, 1872. 



Tlie monthly evening meeting of the Society waslielJou Tuesday, the 

 8th October, M. Allport, Esq., in the chair. 



The following gentlemen, who had Ijeen previously nominated hy 

 the Council, were, after a ballot, declared duly elected as members 

 of the Society :— Mr. J. S. Dodds, Hobart Town ; Captain H. O'Reilly, 

 Brisbane (corresponding member). 



The Secretary (Dr. Agnew) brought under notice the usual returns, 

 &c., for the past month, viz. — 



1. Visitors to Museum, 1,460. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 2,276. 



3. Seeds, &c., received at Gardens -.—From Mr. W. Ball, London, 



141 packets of choice flower seeds. From Koyal Gardens, Kew, 

 511 packets seeds of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants. 



4. Time of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a few standard plants in 



Society's Gardens. 



5. Books and periodicals received. 



6. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteor olo'jical Returns : — 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq. Table and Summary for 



September. 



2. Swansea, from Dr. Story. Table for August. 



3. Tamar Heads, from E. Henry, Esq. Table for September. 



4. Sycbiey, from the Government Observer. Printed tables for 



July. 



5. New Zealand, from Dr. Hector. Monthly tables (printed) from 



September, 1871, to June, 1872. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follow : 



1. From Captain O'Reilly, Brisbane, Queensland. Two perfect skele- 



tons of the Dugong {Halkore du(f07ig). 



2. From Mr. J. Bidencope. Six samples of tin ore, from New Eng- 



land, New South Wales (assay from 71 to 76 per cent, of tin>. 

 Two specimens of stanniferous quartz from same locality. Two 

 ditto of topaz, from New South Wales. Specimen of Hartley 

 bituminous shale from New South AVales. Rock specimen from 

 the Blue Mountains. Specimen of iron ore (magnetic oxide) from 

 the Leven District, Tasmania. 



3. From Mr. John Page, Lemon Springs. Specimen of "Native 



Bread " {Mylitta Australis) and the skin of an usually large 

 domestic cat. 



4. From Mr. Davis. A brass weight 5dwt. 6gr3., being the correct 



weight of the guinea of 17T2. 



5. From the Government of Netherlands, India, Vol, 1, of Magnetical 



and Meteorological observations made at Batavia. 



6. From Mr. H. Sale — A Brazilian copper coin. 



The Secretary requested the special attention of the meeting to pre- 

 sentation No. 1. It was a great acquisition for the Museum and of 

 considerable intrinsic value. The Council felt much indebted to the 

 liberal donor, and had thought it their duty not only to forward a special 

 vote of thanks to Captain O'Reilly, but also to recommend him for elec- 

 tion as a corresponding member of the Society. 



The Secretary read a letter from the principal librarian of the British 

 Museum, intimating that the trustees of that institution had presented 

 to tlie library of the Royal Society of Tasmania, a valuable series of 

 Natural History publications, comprising about sixty- five volumes and 

 J -Arts. 



A letter from Mr. IL V, Barclay, of Spring Hill, was read, relative to 



