ROYAL SOCIETY, TASMANIA. 



APRIL, 1879. 



A monthly meeting of the Society, the first of the session, was held on 

 Tuesday, the 8th April. James Barnard, Esq., in the chair. 



Mr. Morton John Cecil Allport was elected a Fellow, and William 

 Tompson Bednall, Esq., of Adelaide, South Australia, a Corresponding 

 Member of the Society. 



The Hon. Secretaiy, Dr. AG^'EW^, brought under notice the following 

 returns, viz. : — 



1. Number of visitors to Museum during January — On Sundays, 1832 ; 



week days, 1473. Total, 2805. February— On Sundays, 1036 ; 

 week days, 1056. Total, 2092. March— On Sundays, 1066 ; week 

 days, 918. Total, 1984. 



2. Number of visitors to Gardens — January, 4743 ; February, 4932 ; 



March, 5371. 



3. Plants sent from Gardens — To Mons. A. Verschaffelt, Ghent, Belgium, 



six tree ferns. 



4. Seeds received at Gardens — From the Botanic Gardens, Saharunpor, 



India, 60 packets seeds. From Eussell Young, Esq., seeds of Cedrus 

 deodar. From the Chamber of Agriculture, Washington, U.S. 

 America, 60 packets of seeds. 



5. Books and periodicals received since the beginning of the year. 



6. Presentations to Museum. 

 Bleteoroloykal Returns : — 



1. Hobart Town — From F. Abbott, Esq., tables for January, February, 



and March. 



2. Swan Island — Tables for January and February. Kent's Group — 



Do. for January. Goose Island — Do. for January and February. 

 And Mount Nelson, for January, February, and March. From the 

 Marine Board. 



3. From Mr. Roblin : — " Tables of results of meteorological observations 



taken at Hobart Town and the various coast stations during the 

 year 1878," compiled from the monthly tables furnished by Mr. 

 Abbott, and the Hobart Town Marine Board. 



4. Sydney, from the Government Observatory, printed table for July, 



August, and September, 1877. 



5. From Government Obser\atory, Melbourne, ditto for September and 



October, 1878. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follows : — 



1. From Mr. S. J. Bayntou : — Cases of Teredo and TereheUa from the 



mud flats. North AVest Bay. 



2. From Mrs. Martin, Kangaroo Point : — A fossil Pecten (locality 



uncertain). 



3. From Mr. Smith : — Specimens of silicified wood, spiriferous mudstone 



and pebbles coated with a deposit of copper, from Southport. 



4. From J. A. Moore, Esq., New Norfolk : — A Stone Axe from New 



Zealand, a large Club from Fiji, Boomerang and Waddie fram Billa- 

 bong, N. S. Wales ; two Boomerangs, a Shield, and two " Grave 

 Stones," from Paroo, N. S. Wales ; three Stone Axes from ditto. 



5. From Mr. George A. Power, Ross : — Sample of j Water and Mineral 



Deposit from the Ngawha Hot Springs, Ohaewai, New Zealand. 



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