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SEPTEMBEE, 1876. 



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

 12th September, upwards of forty Fellows being present. His Excellency 

 the Governor occupied the chair. 



The following gentlemen, who had been previously nominated by the 

 Council were balloted for and declared duly elected as Corresponding 

 Members of the Society, viz., Dr. R. Schomburgk, Director of the Botanic 

 Gardens, Adelaide ; and Mr. John Brazier, C.M.Z.S., of Sydney. Mr. R. 

 W. G. Shoobridge was also elected a fellow. 



The Secretary brought under notice the usual returns for the past 

 month, as follows :— 



1. Number of visitors to Museum, total 1,897. 



2. Ditto ditto Gardens, ditto 3,683. 



3. Plants and seeds received at Gardens : — From A.Thozet, Esq., Queens- 



land — A parcel of seeds of Macrozamia perowskiana, M. migueli, 

 Cycas, angxdata, and Bowenia spectabilis. From Mr. G. Brunning, 

 Melbourne. — 78 plants. From Messrs. Shepherd and Co., Sydney. 

 — 63 plants, 37 varieties of fruit scions, and 83 packets Australian 

 seeds. 



4. Plants supplied. — To Cornelian Bay Cemetery, 150 plants. 



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



Botanic Gardens during August. 



6. Books and Periodicals received. 



7. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorological Bet urns. 



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



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



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



4. From the Marine Board, the following tables — Mount Nelson for 



August ; King's Island for May and June ; Goose Island for June 

 and July ; Kent's Group for May, June, July and August. 



5. Melbourne, from the Government Observatory, printed tables for 

 April and May. 



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



1. From Mr. G. W. Briant — 32 specimens of Tasmanian Lepidoptera, 



collected and mounted by donor. 



2. From Mr. 0. Hickman, per Mr. G. Richardson — a living specimen of the 



" Porcupine Ant-Eater " (Echidna setosa.) 



3. From Mr. Bealey. — -A curiously-shaped Fungus (probably Polyporus 



igniarius) from a tree. 



4. From Mr. W. Legrand. — Type specimens of new Tasmanian Shells 



(ComineUa tenuicosta, etc. J, in all about fifty specimens. 



5. From Mr. C. E. Davies. — A Chestnut-faced Owl (Strix castanopsj. 



6. From Mrs. Meredith. — Skin of a variety of Opossum, known locally 



as the "Rock Opossum." 



7. From Mr. Blyth, Honeywood. — Nests of Mason Wasp, taken from 



between a map and the wall on which it was suspended. 



8. From the Rev. Brooke Bailey. — Three silver and three copper coins, 



viz., 2 Ceylon 1 cent and 5 cents ; 1 quarter rupee, 1 10 cents ; 1 

 ditto Hong Kong, 1 chellie, Dutch East India Company. 



9. From Mr. Miles — A tiger shark, caught off the Passage Mouth. This 



fish measured 8ft. 5in. in length, and its liver yielded three and a 

 half gallons of oil. 



