14 

 OCTOBEE, 1879. 



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

 October 14. His Excellency the Governor in the chair. 



The Hon. Secretary, Dr. Agnew, drew attention to the following returns, 

 received since last meeting, viz. : — 



1. Number of visitors to Museum during September — On Sundays, 



1,231 ; on week days, 1,278. Total, 2,509. 



2. Do. to Gardens, 4,571. 



3. Plants and seeds received at Gardens — From the Eoyal Gardens, Kew, 



60 packets seeds. From Mons. C. Huber, Hyeres, France, 3 do. 

 From Mr. S. Purchase, Sydney, 36 large Araucarias. From Mr. C. 

 F. Creswell, 18 plants. From the Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, 6 

 packets palm seeds. From Mr. James Jones, 3 packets seeds. From 

 Mr. James Dall, Nelson, New Zealand, 6 species Tree Ferns. 



4. Plants, etc., sent from Gardens.— To Mr. C. F. Creswell, 36 plants. 



To Mr. James Jones, Melbourne, 36 do. To Botanic Gardens, 

 Sydney, 2 bags Sphagnum moss. To Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, 

 2 do. To Messrs, Shepherd and Co., Sydney, 2 do. To the Accli- 

 matisation Society, Queensland, 2 do. 



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



Botanic Gardens during September. 

 His Excellency observed that this return supported some remarks he 

 had made at a similar period of a former year, to the effect that in this 

 country the sycamore and oak acted in a manner reverse of what took place 

 in England. There the leafing of the oak followed that of the sycamore, 

 whereas here the reverse was the case. 



6. Books and periodicals received. 



7. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorolocjij. 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq. — Table for September. 



2. Mount Nelson and Bruni Island, from the Marine Board. — Tables for 



September. 



3. Western Australia, from the Government Observer. — Printed report 



of Observations for 1879. 



4. New Zealand, from Dr. Hector. — Printed tables for January, Febru- 



ary, and March, 1879. 



5. Melbourne, from the Government Observer. — Tables for June, 1879. 

 The presentations to the Museimi were as follows : — 



1. From Mr. A. McDowall, Logan.— Skin of a Crocodile (Crocodilus 



JohnstoniiJ, from the Upper Herbert River, Queensland. An Aus- 

 tralian Aboriginal's letter, in the form of a notched piece of wood, 

 with translation. 



2. From Mr. E. J. Freeman. — Four specimens of Vegetable Ivory, from 



Fiji. 



3. From Mr. T. Young, Margate.— Casts of Fossils from the mudstone 



in that locality. 



4. From Mr, H. Featherstone, Sorell. — 15 Copper Coins and Tokens. 



6. From T. Giblin, Esq.— A Prussian Thaler, Wilhelm III., 1805. 



6. From Mr. Glover, Franklin. — An Opossum Mouse (Dromicia (jliri- 



form'is), with two young ones in the pouch. 



7. From Mr. F, H. Long. — Specimen of Tin, with Gold, Iridosmine, 



etc., from Castray liiver. West Coast, Tasmania ; sample of Sap- 

 phires, etc., from same locality. 



8. From the Eev. R. Pawson. — Copy of an inscrij^tion on a stone on 



Boswcrth Field, marking the spot where Richard 3rd was killed, 



9. Large Specimen of " Native Bread " [Mylitta Australis). — From Mr. 



Jacks, Swansea. 



