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SEPTEMBER, 1875. 



The nsnal monthly meeting of th« society was hold on Monday, the 13th 

 September. M. Allport, Esq., V.P., in the chair. 

 The following returns were brought under notice;^ 



1. Visitors to Museum during August, 1,253. 



2. Ditto to Botanic Gardens, 3537. 



3. Plants received at gardens :— From Captain Willet, 74 packets of 



imported seeds. From the Uolroyd Nursery Company, Sydney, 

 32 plants. From S. B. Heyne, Adelaide, 8 packets seeds. From 

 Messrs. Shepherd and Co,, Sydney, 60 plants. 



4. Plants, etc., sent from gardens : — To the Botanic Gardens, Christ- 



church, New Zealand, 90 plants. To Dobroyd Nursery, Sydney, 

 32 plants. To Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, 100 packets seeds. 

 For the grounds of St. David's Cathedral, 114 plants. 

 6. Time of leading, etc., of a few standard plants in Botanic Gardens 

 during August. 



6. Books and periodicals received. 



7. Presentations to Museum and Library. 

 Meteorological Hefunis. 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq. — Table for August. 



2. Port Arthur, from J. Coverdale, Esq. — Ditto July. 



3. From the Marine Board. — Mount Nelson table for August; Swan 



Island ditto for June and July. 



4. From the Government Observer, Melbourne. — Table for March. 



5. From ditto, Sydney. — Tables for May and June. 



The presentations to the Museum and Library wers as follows :— 



1. From P. T. Smith, Esq. — A Musk Duck CBiziura lobataj, shot at 



Cleveland. 



2. From Mr. E. P. Cotton, Swansea. — A young Tippet Grebe (Podicep$ 



Australis). 



3. From Jlr. John Crawford. — Specimen of Flax from the Huon, grown 



and prepared by the donor. 



4. From C. E. Hogg, Esq. — Specimen of the paper-like bark of a species 



of Melaleuca, from Lake Hindmarsh, Victoria. 



6. From Mr. W. E. Baynton, Kingston. — A collection of the stone 



implements of Tasmanian Aborigines from that district. 



6. From Mr. S. H. Wintle. — Specimen of Bismuth from Mount Ram- 



say ; tin bearing wash dirt and porphyry, cassiterite on sandstone, 

 etc., from George's Bay. Skin of an echidna, 



7. A Japanese bronze coin, value about one penny, and a note value 10 



cents. 



8. From Mr. W. Parker, Lewisham. — A curious growth, known as 



"arching" of branch of gum tree. 



9. From Mr.^E. Gard, Sorell.— A Ferret. 



10. From G. Bennett, Esq., M.D., F.L.S., F.Z S., Sydney.— A large 



collection of bones of fossil mammals from Gowrie Creek, Darling 

 Downs, Queensland, viz. :— Fossil Kangaroo — 16 Vertebrse ; 7 frag- 

 ments of Pelvis ; 5 ditto Tibia ; 1 ditto Radius ; 2 ditto Humerus ; 

 1 ditto Scapula ; 2 bones of Foot ; 1 fragment of Femur ; 2 ditto 

 of Jaw ; I bone of Sternum ; 5 Ribs. Fossil Wombat — 1 Upper 

 Jaw ; 2 Vertebrae ; 1 Radius. Diprotodon — Portion of Skull ; 

 Lower Jaw ; 9 Vertebras ; 4 fragments of Pelvis ; 10 Ribs ; 1 

 Humerus; 1 fragment of Tusk. Nototherium — 1 Jaw. 



11. From T. Stephens, Esq. — Three specimens from the prospecting shaft, 



Spring Bay. In reference to this presentation the following re- 

 marks by the donor were read : — 

 ["These specimens have been kindly furnished by the Hon C. 

 Meredith, The coal, which was struck at a depth of about 120 feet, 



