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NOVEMBER, 1875. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Society was held on Monday, the 

 Sth November, His Excellency the Governor in the chair. 



Capt;\in Langdon, R.N., and Mr. Richard Crosby, who had been pre- 

 viously nominated by the Council, were balloted for, and declared duly 

 elected aa Fellows of the Society. 



The following returns were brought under notice : — 



1. Visitors to Jluseum during October, 1,471. 



2. Visitors to Botanic Gardens during October, 3,620. 



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



during October. 



4. Books and periodicals received. 



5. Presentations to Museum and Library. 

 Meteorological Returns : 



1. Holiart Town, from F. Abliott, Esq.— Table for October. 



2. Port Arthiu-, from J. Coverdale, Esq. — Table for September. 



3. New Norfolk, from W. E. Shoobridge, Esq. — Table for October. 



4. Mount Nelson, from the Marine Board — Table for October. 



5. Goose Island, from the Marine Board — Tables for August and Sep- 



tember. 



6. King's Island, from the Marine Board. — Tables for July, August, and 



September. 



7. Kent's Group, from the Marine Boards-Table for September. 



8. Sydney, from the Government Observer — Printed abstracts of observa- 



tions made in New South Wales, July, 1875. 



9. Melbourne, from the Government Observer — Printed abstracts of 



observation for May. 

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



1. From the Rev. J. E. Teuison Woods — A collection of Queensland 



ferns, named. 



2. From A. Simpson, Esq. — 5 samples of Tin Ore from Georges' Bay. 



3. From the Japanese Commissioners to Melbourne Exhibition — Trans- 



verse and longitudinal selections of Japanese Woods, with native 

 and scientific names, mounted in book form — 12 packets of seeds 

 from Japan. 



4. From Justin Browne, Esq. — A collection of Tasmanian copper tokens. 



5. From Mr. C. Anderson — A yovmg snake, probably Hoplocephalus su- 



perbus. 



6. From the Rev. Thos. Reibey, M.H.A. — A Bronze Medal of Captain 



Cook, date 1772, left on one of the Society Islands and brought 

 home many years ago by Captain Thomas Reibey, sen., of the brig 

 " Mercury." 



7. From Mr. Furgusson, Tinder Box Bay — Two Egg cases of a Ray. 



8. From Mr. Banning, East Bay Neck — A very large Egg of domestic 



fowl. This egg measures 8^ inches at its greatest, and 7^ inches 

 at its least circumference, and has another egg within it. The donor 

 also sent a duck's egg remarkable for its unusually small size. 



9. From M. Allport, Esq — A young Diamond Snake ( Hoplocepkalus 



superbus). 



10. From Mr. J. Brock, Campania — Two specimens of fossil wood. 



11. From the Hon. J. R. Scott, Esq., M.L.C.— Sample of coal picked 

 up on Pebbly Beach, Port Davey. (See Mr. Scott's paper on Port 

 Davey, read at September meeting.) 



12. From Mr. Stump — A silver coin, | dollar, Mauritius 1820. 



13. From J. Swan, Esq. — Two specimens of Native Bread ( Mylitta Aus- 

 trails). 



Presentations to Library. — From the Magnetic and Meteorological Obser- 



