ROYAL SOCIETY. 



MARCH, 1875. 



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

 9th March, M. Allport, Esq., V.P., in the chair. 



The following gentlemen, who had previously been nominated by 

 the Council, were balloted for, and declared duly elected as Fellows of 

 the Society, viz.. His Honor Sir Francis Smith, the l!ev. Thos. Kelah, 

 Messrs. John Kenrick Lewis, H. A. Perkins, and C. LowdcU. 



Professor W. Harkness, of the United States Naval Observatory j. 

 Henry Hey lin Hayter, Esq., Government Statist, Victoria; Fredk. M. 

 Bailey, Esq., Brisbane, Queensland; and A. Thozet, Esq., Botanist, 

 Rockhampton, were elected as corresponding members. 



The Hon. Skcretary (Dr. Agnew) laid before the meeting the usual 

 monthly returns as under : — 



1. Number of visitors to Museum in January, 1,579 ; in February, 



1,221, 



2. Ditto to Gardens ditto, 3,893 ; ditto, 2,923. 



3. Plants, &c., received at and sent from Gardens during January and 



February. 



4. Time of leafing, &c., of a few standard plants in Botanic Gardens 



during February. 



5. Books and periodicals received. 



6. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorological Returns — 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq., ^tables for January and 



February. 



2. New Norfolk, from W. E. Shoobridge, Esq., ditto ditto. 



3. Mount Nelson, from Marine Board, ditto ditto. 



4. Goose Island, from ditto, table for January. 



5. Port Arthur, from J. Coverdale, Esq., tables for January and 



February. 



6. Sydney, from H. C. Russell, Esq., B.A.— Printed tables for Sep* 



tember, 1874. 



7. Melbourne, from R. L. J. Ellery, Esq.— Ditto, for August, 1874. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follows — 



1. From Mr. H. G. Lloyd, New Norfolk.— Three specimens of -wood, 



and three of fossil wood, from Queensland. 



2. From F. A. Blackman, Esq.— Two snakes, 1 lizard, 1 bat, 1 large 



beetle, and a collection of land and^fresh water shells, from Warro, 

 Port Curtis, Queensland. 



3. From the Kev. J. E. Tenison Woods. —Three specimens of gold 



from Devonian Rock, Smithfield Reef, Gympie, Queenslmd. 

 [Remarkable for being in close proximity to fossils (Devonian), and 

 occurring partly in quartz and partly in greenstone. The gold is not 

 pure, as will be seen from its colour, containing ten per cent, of silver, 

 and traces of copper, load and iron.] 



4. From C. E. Morton, Esq., Grafton, New South Wales. — A female 



specimen of a species of " Walking-leaf Insect," probably 

 Extatosoma tlaratum. (See British Ahtsmm cnla/oniie of Or t ho p- 

 ('.rous Insects, part 1 ; " Fhasmidce," page 170, plate S, suj^pkimnt. ) 



