63 

 JULY, 1876. 



The monthly evening meetuig of the Society was held on Tuesday, the 

 11th July, His Excellency, F. A. Weld, Esq., C.M.G., President, in the chair. 



E. J. Mauley, Esq., who had previously beeu uominated by the 

 Council, was, after a ballot, declared iluly elected as a Fellow of the Society. 



The Hon. Secuetauy (Dr. Aguew) brought forward the usual returns for 

 the past month, viz. : — 



1. Number of Visitors to Museum, 1377. 



2. Ditto ditto to Botanic Gardens, 2871. 



3. Plants and Seeds received at Botanic Gardens— From Mr. G. Farns- 



worth, iVIatlock, England, 300 seedling Rhododendrons, all living. 

 From Chamber of Agriculture, Washington, America, 63 packets of 

 seeds, principally Conifera;. From Mr. S. Purchase, Parramatta, 

 Sydney, 60 plants. From Dr. Carl, Wellington, N.Z., 6 packets 

 seeds. From Messrs. Nardy and Co., Hyeres, France, 16 packets 

 of seeds. 



4. Plants and Seeds sent from Gardens— To the Acclimatisation 



Society, Paris, 12 packets of seeds. To Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, 

 one case of plants. To Mr. S. Purchase, Sydney, a box of seeds. 



5. Plants supplied for decoration of public places— To the Queen's 



Asylum, a collection of flowering plants. To the Coruehan Bay 

 Cemetery, 180 plants. 

 Meteor olo<jical Returns : — 



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



2. New Norfolk, from W. E. Shoobridge, Esq.— Ditto. 



3. Port Arthur, from Dr. Coverdale. — Ditto. 



4. Mount Nelson, table for June ; Goose Island, ditto for May— From 



the Marine Eoaixl. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follows : — 



1. From Mr. J. J. Martin— Specimen of Limestone from Dunedin, New 



Zealand, used extensively for building purposes. 

 [The Rev. J. E. Tenison Woods observed that the same kind of stone 

 occurred in South Australia. It was composed of carbonate of lime with 

 a little silex, and was full of Foramiuiferous shells. The chalk of Dover 

 Chffs was a similar formation, as was also the Globerigina ooze deposit 

 now going on at great ocean depths, as shown by the Challenger dredginga. 

 The specimen, however, though similar to, was probably of an older forma- 

 tion than the Australian — most likely of the Lower Cainozoic] 



Samples of Lignite and Coal from Green Island, Greymouth, Shag 



Point, and Kaitangata, New Zealand. 



2. From Dr. E. Crowther. — A specimen of the Nankeen Night Heron 



( Nycticcyrax ealedonieus) from George's Bay. 



3. From D. M. Barnard, Esq. — Specimen of the Yellow-bellied Beaver 



Rat ( Ilydromys chrysor/aster). 



4. From the Belmont Company.— A collection of Tin specimens from 



the lode, Cascade River, Ringarooma. 



5. From Mr. J. Keen, Kingston. — A sample of a deposit consisting of 



a brilliant scaly substance, resembling mica, the nature of which has 

 not yet been determined. A specimen of the clay from which the 

 deposit was obtained by washing. 



6. From Mr. F. Edwards. — Tusk of a large Boar, shot in New Zealand. 



7. From Mr. R. M. Williams, Sydney, per Mr. Justin Browne, crystals of 



oxide of tin, and two sapphires, from Queensland. 



8. From R. M. Johnston, Esq.— A collection of Tertiary Fossils from 



the Table Cape beds, named and classified by the Rev. J. E. 

 T. Woods, F.G.S. 

 In reference to a specimen of Cyathea mcdidlaris, presented by S. B. 

 Emmett, Esq., Circular Head, for the Royal Society's Gardens, Mr. Stki'HENS 



