MAY, 1880. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Society wa8 held on Tuesday, 

 May 11. Mr. T. Stephens, M.A., F.G.S., in the chair. 



The Hon. Secretary, Dr. Agxew, brought forward the usual returns for 

 the past month, viz : — 



1. Xumber of visitors to Museum— On Sundayp, 891 — On weekdays* 



708. Total, 1,599. 



2. Number of visitors to Gardens. Total, 4,229. 



3. Plants sent from Gardens — To Mr. T. Smith, Kiddel's Creek, 



Victoria, 60 plants— To Mr. T. Sangwell, at Mr. Henty's, St. 

 Kilda Road, Victoria, 40 plants — To the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 

 80 plants — To the Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, 78 plants. 



4. Books and periodicals received. 



5. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorology : — 



From the Marine Board, tables from Mount Nelson for April, Swan 



Island and South Bruni for March. 

 Time of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a few standard plants in 

 the Botanic Gardens during April : — 



12th. Chinese chrysanthemums, commencing to flower. 



19ih. Elm leaves, commencing to fall. 



10th. Coe's late plum, ripe. 



20th. Pyrus aucuparla, leaves falling. 



29tb. Seeds of hornbeam, ripe. 



The presentations to the Museum were as follows: — 



1. From Mr. W. Aldred : — Sternum of a species of " JMoa," from the 



Spear Grass gold diggings, Otago, New Zealand. [This bone was 

 brought by Mr. Aldred from the locality in which it was found, 

 and is of interest, from being so rarely found as compared with 

 other portions of the skeletons of these gigantic birds.] 



2. From the same :— A small Jade Axe, from Mr. Chappel's farm, 

 Ophir, Olago, N.Z. 



3. From Mr. G. Fowling: — A "White Hawk {Leucosplza Novcr 



Holland ice). 



4. From Mr. F. Abbott, jun.:— A Rose-breasted Cockatoo {Cacatua 



roselcapilla). 



The Secretary read a paper entitled "Description of a New Species of 

 Helix found in a Calcareous Sandstone Deposit at Kent's Group," by R. 

 M. Johnston, F.L.S. 



A communication from the Rev. E. P. Adams, on the composition of 

 the Nucleus of Comets, was also read. 



The meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the authors of the papers 

 read, and the donors of presentations. 



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