JUNE, 1879. 



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

 9th June. His Excellency the Governor in the chair. 



Mr. Thomas Stone, who had previously been nominated by the Council, 

 was, after a ballot, declared duly elected as a Fellow of the Society. 



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

 for the past month, viz : — 



1. Number of visitors to Museum ; on Sundays, 743 ; on week days, 



1,243; total, 1,991. 



2. Do. to Gardens, — total, 3,859. 



3. Plants, etc., received at Gardens. From A. Verchaffelt, Ghent, 



Belgium, 17 ornamental trees. From Messrs. H. Low, Clapton, 

 London, 28 nlants, etc. 



4. Plants, etc., sent from Gardens. To Mr. J. Jones, Melbourne, 



one package of seeds. To Mr. George Brunning, Melbourne, one 

 case of seedling plants, etc. To Mr. B. Harris, South Yarra, one 

 ditto. To Mr. E. B. Heyne, Adelaide, one package of seeds. 

 To Mr. S. Purchase, Sydney, one case of seedling plants and 

 seeds. To Messrs. Shepherd and Co., Sydney, one ditto. To 

 Mr. C. F. Creswell, Melbourne, one package seeds. 



5. Books and periodicals received. 



6. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteor olorjij. 



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



2. From the Marine Board. Tables from Mount Nelson for May ; 



Swan Island for March and April. 



3. Melbourne, from B. J. L. EUery, Esq., F.R.S., printed tables for 



January and February. 



4. New South Wales, from H. C. Bussell, Esq., B.A., F.B.A.S.— 



*'Eesult3 of Eain Observations made in 1878." (Pamphlet.) 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follows : — 



1. From Mr. John Brazier, Sydney, seven specimens of rare Shells, 



named, with list. 



2. From Mr. A. K. Johnston, Etheridge Eiver, North Queensland. 



A net bag made by Native women of the Gulf Country. 



3. From A. Simson, Esq., George's Bay. Tubes of Salpa, with small 



Crustaceans found within them. 



4. From Mr. Tonkin. A very perfect specimen of Spirifer from 



Mount Wellington. 



5. From Mr. A. Winter. A photograph of the Museum Building. 

 The Secretary announced the receipt of the following publications :— 

 •* Notes on the correlation of the Coral-bearing Strata of S. Australia, 



with a list of Fossil Corals occurring in the Colony;" "The Recent 

 Marginellidt© of South Australia;" and "The Anniversary Address to 

 the Adelaide Philosophical Society, 1S7S." By Professor Ralph Tate, 

 Assoc. Linn. Soc, F.G.S., Lond., etc., etc. From the Author. 



"Australian Trigonias and their Distribution." By W. T. Bednall. 

 From the Author. 



" Description of Seven new Species of Terrestrial and Marme Shells 

 from Australia." By Jno. Brazier, C.M.Z.S. From the Author. 

 "Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria." Vol. 5. From the 

 Society. "Report of the Philosophical Society of Adelaide, 1877-8. 

 From the Society. 



The Hon. W. A. B. Gellibrand exhibited a specimen of a seedling 

 apple, which had been named the "Cleveland Pippin." This fine apple 

 was raised from seed by Mr. Gellibrand, at Cleveland, about fifteen 

 years ago, and has been worked on the stock, at South Arm and Sandy 



