AUGUST, 1879. 



The monthly evening meetins: of the Society was held on Tuesday, 

 August 12, His Excellency the Governor in the chair. 



Mr. Albert Wagenknecht, of George^s Bay, who had been nominated 

 by the Council, was balloted for and declared duly elected as a Fellow of 

 the Society. The Hon. Secretary (Dr. Agnew) brought forward the 

 following returns, received since last meeting : — 



1. Number of visitors to Museum on Sundays, 874 ; on week days, 788 ; 



total, 1,662. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, total 3,998. 



3. Plants, etc,, sent from Gardens. 



4. Time of leafing, etc., of a few standard planto in Botanic Gardens 



during July. 



5. Books and periodicals received. 



6. Presentations to Museum and Library. 



Meteorology — 1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq., table for July. 



2. Coast stations, from the Marine Board, viz.: — Bruni Island, tables 



for April, May, and June ; Goose Island, ditto March, April, 

 May, and June ; Swan Island, ditto May and June ; King's Island, 

 ditto February to June ; and Mount Nelson, ditto for June and July. 



3. Melbourne, from R. J. Ellery, Esq., F.R.S., printed tables for April, 



1879. 

 The presentations to theMuseum were as follows: — 



1. From Mr. Wm. Nelson — A small collection of Fossils from the 



Limestone Quarries, Wauru Ponds, near Geelong, Victoria. (This 

 collection consists chiefly of Sponges, Echinodermata and their 

 spines. Sharks' teeth, etc., many of the specimens being in a 

 beautiful state of preservation.) 



2. From Mr. A.K. Johnston — A Girdle made of the fur of the Opossum, 



the only article of clothing worn by the native women of Northern 

 Queensland. 



3. From Mr. W. E. Shoobridge— A large specimen of " Native Bread " 



{Mylitta Australis), ploughed up at New Norfolk. 



4. From Mr. A. J. Taylor — A cast of the ekuU of a criminal executed 



for murder. 



6. From Mr. Frederick Thorne — A specimen of Tin Ore taken from 



24ft. below the surface at the Montagu Tin Mining Company's 

 claim, S.W. end of Mount Heemskirk. 



7. From Mr. C. P. Sprent — About 150 specimens of minerals collected by 



the donor at Mount Bischoff, Mount Heemskirk, etc., etc. 



Presentations of Books were also announced from the Trustees of the 

 British Museum, the Royal Geographical Society, the Zoological Society, 

 the Royal Institution of Great Britain, the British Association, the 

 Geological Society of London, the Linnean Society, the Geological Society 

 of Belgium, the Malacological Society of ditto, the Entomological Society 

 of ditto, the Royal Colonial Institute, the New Zealand Institute, the 

 Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, the Asiatic Society 

 of Japan, Mr. W. F. Petterd, Dr. Agnew, etc., etc. 



Special attention was also directed to the elaborate and beautifully 

 illustrated work on the Birds of Ceylon, lately acquired for the library. 

 An interest external to its intrinsic worth attached to the book as it was 

 the work of a Tasmanian, Captain W. V. Legge, R.A., son of our old 

 and respected colonist, Mr. R. V. Legge, of Cullenswood. 



The Secretary read the following extract from a note received by him 

 from Mr. Calder :— 



" I do not know if there be any table extant which records the first spring 

 appearance of those birds that visit us every year ; but whether or not, I 

 believe it may interest you to know that one of those handsome birds 



