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NOVEMBER, 1872. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Society waa held on Tuesday, 

 the 12th November, M. AUport, Esq., V.P,, in the chair. 



The Secretary, Dr. Aguevv, submitted the following returns for the 

 past month : — 



1. Visitors to Museum, 1,421. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 2,349. 



3. Seeds received at Gardens. 



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



Gardens. 

 6. Books and periodicals received. 

 6. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorological Returns : — 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq. — Table, &c., for October. 



2. Swansea, from Dr. Story — Ditto, for September. 



3. Westbury, from F. Belstead, Esq. — Ditto, ditto. 



4. Port Arthur, from A. H. Boyd, Esq. — Ditto, ditto. 



5. Melbourne, from R. L. J. Ellery, Esq, — Ditto, ditto (printed). 



6. Sydney, from H. C. Russell, Esq., B.A. — Ditto, August, (printed). 



7. Queensland, from E. McDonnell, Esq, — Printed tables, for various 



stations, from December, 1871, to June, 1872. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follow : — 



1. From Jas, Scott, Esq., M. H, A, — 16 Stone Implements of Aborigines 



of Tasmania found at Mount Morriston. 



2. From Captain Bailey. — An Albino Pheasant from New Zealand, 



prepared and mounted. 



3. From Mr. J. Chishohn — New South Wales Government Gazette, 



1833, vol, 2, bound, 



4. From Mr. Bromfield — A Beaver Rat, ( Hydroviys chrysogafser. ) 



6, From W, V. Legge, Esq., R.A,, Ceylon — Two nests of the Weaver 

 Bird. 



6. From R. Gatenby, Esq. — Two "Native Tigers, (Thylacinvs cyno- 



cephalus. ) 



7. From Mr. Blythe, Honeywood — Specimen of Antechinus svjainsonii. 



8, From Mr, C, Sprent, Table Cape. — Twelve Mineralogical Specimens 



from vicinity of Mount Bischoff, with a note. 



9. From Mr, T. C. Just, Launceston. — A small bar of Malleable Iron 



manufactured from Tasmanian ore. 



The following note from Mr. Just accompanied this presentation : — 



" By post to-day I send you a small bar of malleable iron, manufac- 

 tured from earthen brown hematite and magnetic ore, from the ground 

 of the Tasmanian Charcoal Iron Company at Anderson's Creek. I may 

 state that this iron has never been smelted, but merely burnt from the 

 ore in a forge, and the particles welded together in the form in which you 

 now see it. It was, in fact, treated on the Catalan forge principle which 

 the company is about to adopt for the production of malleable iron 

 from the richer class of ores. 



"I may mention that the company's ground is not at Ilfracombe, as 

 erroneously stated by some correspondents, but about three miles to the 

 westward, and about the same distance south-east of York Town. 



" Please place the specimen in the Museum, and oblige." 



10, From Mr, H, Pearce. — A Tippet Grebe (Podiceps australis) 

 shot at New Town. 



11, From Mr. J. M, Clarke.— A specimen of Gordiua aquaticus, 

 from River PlentJ^ 



12. From Mrs. Stokell.— A piece of South Sea Island Tapa cloth. 



13, From T. Stephens, Esq. — A sample of Bituminous Shale from 

 Piper's River. 



