12 

 SEPTEMBEE, 1879. . 



The monthly evening meeting of the Society was held on Monday, 8th 

 September ; His Lordship the Bishop of Tasmania in the chair. 



The following gentlemen, who had previously been nominated by the 

 Council, were balloted for and duly elected as Fellows of the Society ; 

 viz. :— TheRev. R. Eawson, M. A., of Richmond ; the Rev. A. C.Newstead, 

 George Town ; and the Rev. Horace Graham, Hobart Town. 



The following returns were brought forward by the Secretary (Dr. 

 Agnew) : — 



1. Number of visitors to Museum during August, on Sundays 1,336, on 



week-days 1,162 ; total, 2,498. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 4,516. 



3. Plants and seeds received at Gardens : — From Mr. G. Brunning, 



Melbourne, 36 plants. From the Victorian Horticultural Society, 

 100 varieties of scions of new fruits. From Mons. C. Huber, 

 Paris, 36 packets of seeds. 



4. Time of leafing, flowering, etc., of a few standard plants in the 



Botanic Gardens during August. 



5. Books and periodicals received. 



6. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorology. — 



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



2. Mount Nelson and Bruni Island, from the Marine Board, ditto. 



3. Melbourne, from the Government Observatory, printed tables for 



May, 1879, and Results of Observations for 1876. 



4. From the Meteorological Department of India, report from 1877-8 ; 



report of the Madras Cyclone, of May, 1877 ; Indian Meteorology, 

 1877. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follows :— 



1. From Mr. W. L. Boyes, a curious Crustacean from George's Bay. 



2. From C. Allport, Esq., a Bittern {Botaurus r)oicilopliilus) from New 



Norfolk. 



3. From Bernard Shaw, Esq., specimen of Cement from the gold 



diggings, Beaconsfield. 



4. From Neil Lewis, Esq., a Half-crown of William and Mary, 1689. 



5. From Mr. Lewald, a Chilian dollar, 1872. 



6. From John Macfarlane, Esq., a specimen of " Pele's Hair," volcanic 



glass, from the Kilauea crater of Mauna Loa, in the Sandwich 

 Islands. 



Mr. Stephens, after referring to the admirable description cf Mauna 

 Loa (in eruption) given by His Excellency in a paper read at a former 

 meeting of the Society, observed that this specimen was of interest as 

 showing the action of strong gusts of wind on the spray of boiling 

 silicates. "Pel6 " was the name given by the islanders to the supposed 

 goddess of the volcano. 



Attention was called to a valuable work by Baron F. Von Mueller, 

 K.C.M.G., entitled "A Descriptive Atlas of the Eucalypti of Australia 

 and the adjoining Islands," copies of the first and second parts of which 

 had been presented by the author on the part of the Government of 

 Victoria. 



The following communication on the Codling Moth from the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, America, was read by Mr. Abbott, who observed 

 in the first instance that although little new information as to the moth 

 was brought forward, the paper was valuable as pointing out the great 

 benefit which was likely to accrue from united action being taken to 

 suppress the pest in any given district. 



