86 

 OCTOBER, 1875. 



The monthly evening meeting was held on the 12th October, the Lord 

 Bishop of Tasmania in the chair. 



A. B. Crowther, Esq., who had previously been nominated by the 

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



The Secretary brought under notice the usual returns for the past 

 month, viz. : — 



1. Number of visitors to Museum, 1,194. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 3,532. 



3. Time of leafing, flowering, etc., of a few standard plants in Botanic 



Gardens during September. 



4. Plants received at Botanic Gardens. 



5. Books and periodicals received. 



6. Presentations to Museum and Library. 

 Meter/roloyical Returns. 



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



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



3. Moimt Nelson, from Marine Board, ditto. 



4. Swan Island, from ditto, table for August. 



5. Port Arthur, from J. Coverdale, Esq., ditto. 

 The presentations were as follow : — • 



1. From Mr. King — A large Tiger Cat ( Dasyurus maculafus.) 



2. From Mr. J. G. Lindsay — Sjiecunen of Lewin's Water Rail (Rallus 



hraddpus), caught in a garden at Launceston. 



3. From Mr. K. B. Dyer — A Fish washed on shore at Battery Point. 

 With reference to this presentation Mr. Allport said it was known as 



the " Frost Fish " ( Lepldotus caudatus) in New Zealand, and derived its 

 tri%dal name from the fact that numbers were frequently found on some 

 of the beaches after a frosty night. It is said to be the best edible fish of 

 New Zealand, being seldom sold at less than 2s. 6d. per lb. The specimen 

 is the first recorded as foimd in this colony. [For description of the 

 " Frost Fish " see " Catalogue of Fishes of New Zealand," by F. W. 

 Button, F.G.S., pages 13 and 109, plate 3, fig. 19.] 



4. From Mr. G. Peacock, SoreU — An albino variety of the common Pipit 



Lark (Anthus AustralisJ. 



5. From Justin Browne, Esq. — A sample of virgin Olive Oil from a 



plantation at Adelaide. 

 [The great purity of this oil, and its freedom from any disagreeable taste 

 or odour, were noticed by several of the members.] 

 Donations to Library .•— 



1. From the Royal University of Norway—" Contributions to Fauna of 



Norway," " On Giants' Caldrons," " On EgyjDtiau Inscriptions," 

 " List of Norwegian Insects." 



2. From the Meteorological Department, India — Bengal Meteorological 



Reports, 1867 to 1874 ; ditto Administration ditto, 1870 to 1875 ; 

 Report of Midnapore and Burdwan cyclone. 



3. From His Highness the Maharajah of Travancore — "Magnetic Ob- 



servations taken at Trevandnmi and Augustia Malley Observatory," 

 Vol. I., 4to. 



4. From the Hon. J. ^\^lyte, Esq., M.L.C. — A copy of Governor CoUins's 



" History of the Colony of New South Wales, from its first settle- 

 ment in January, 1788, to August, 1801," pubhshed in 1804, one 

 vol. 4to. 

 The Secretary observed that presentations of this nature were most 

 acceptable. Books of every kind bearing on the earUer history of this or 

 of the neighbouring colonies were much wanted, and as the Society was 



