9 



MAY, 1876, 



The monthly cveiiiug meeting was held <in Tuesday, the 9th Jlay, His 

 Excellency the Lioveruor, Pret-ideut, in the chair. 



The fuliow-ing gentlemen, who luul pieviou.sly been nominated by the 

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

 Society, viz. : — Eight Hevd. liishoji Murphy, the llev. J. H. Brooke Bailey; 

 Messrs. George Gilmore, T. M. Evans, Richard W. Lord, and Dr. E. L. 

 Crowther. 



The Secretiiry laid on table the following returns for the mouth of April : 



1. Visitors to Museimi, 1350. 



£. Ditto to Gardens, 3907. 



3. Plants and seeds received at and sent from Gardens. 



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

 Bot;inic Gardens during April. 



6. Books and Periodicals received. 

 6. Present;itions to Museum and Library. 

 Mvttorolo'jical Rcturnn. — 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq., Table for April. 



2. Port Arthur, from J. Coverdale, Esq., M.D., Ditto. 



3. New Norfolk, from W. E. Shoobridge, Esq., Ditto.. 



4. From the Marine Board, Table from Mount Nelson, Ai)ril ; Bruni 



Island, ditto, Feljruary and March ; Goose Island, ditto, for March. 

 6. Sydney, from Government Observatory, printed tables for December, 



1875. 

 6. New Zealand, from Dr. J. Hector, Fruited tables, 1874. 

 The Presentations to the Museum were as follows : — 



1. From E. L. Crowther, Esq., M.D. — A large collection of specimens of 



Tin Ore from lode, stream tin, &c., from various claims, Gould's 

 Couutry. 



2. From Mr. J. J. Martin — Spherical boulder of limestone (ScptariumJ 



13 inches in diameter, from Moeraki Beach, New Zealand. — A por- 

 tion of the stem of a Tree Fern, prepared for 2)icture frame making. 



3. From Mr. W. F. Hardy, St. Mary's — Specimens of eggs of Leech. 



4. From l^Ir. A. Jacksou, Hamilton — An albino variety of the Wattle 



Bird ( A uthocluvra inauris). 



5. From Mr. R. Lord — Singular growth, resembling an oat, on an ear of 



wheat. 



6. From Dr. Valentine, Campbell Town — A specimen of the Pouched 



lj,ini\)Tey ( Gcotrlaallporti J, from the South Esk. 



7. From Mrs. Meredith — A valuable, named and classified, collection 



of AlgLC from Orford, Prosser's Bay, Tasmania. Collected and 

 mounted by the donor. 



8. From Maurice Weston, Escj. — Skeleton of Australian Crane (Orus 



oiistrulaslaiiuR). 



9. From Mr. W. F. Pettcrd — 18 specimens of Land Shells from Yule 



Island, New Gumua. 

 [The Skcretahy mentioned that the donor of these specimens was the 

 •writer of those interesting letters on New Guinea which have recently 

 appeared in the local press.] 



10. From Mr. W. L. Boye.s — Two immense Earth Worms from Gould'n 



Country. (These worms, although much shrunken by imtuersiou in 

 Bjiirits, meivsure about fourteen inches in length with a diameter (jf 

 f\iny three-quarters of an inch). Two freshwater Crayfish from 

 same locdity. 



11. From Mr. J. W. Graves — A Water Crake (Porzana tahuensis). 



12. From Mr. T. Stei)heus — Specimen.^ of Wood and Foliage of A Ihrotuxis 



sdu'jinoidai and A. cujjrcssiformis. 



