23 

 ROYAL SOCIETY, 



JUNE, 1869. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Fellows was held on Tuesday, 8th 

 June ; T. Giblin, Esq., in the chair. 



Mrs. R. Walker, who had been previously nominated by the Council, 

 •was, after a ballot, declared duly elected as a member of the Society. 



The Secretar}^, Dr. Agnew, laid on the table the usual returns for the 

 past month, viz., — 



1. Visitors to Museum, 596. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 1009. 



3. Plants. &c., sent from Gardens. 



4. Time of leafing, flowering, &u., of a few standard plants in Botanic 



Gardens. 



5. Books and Periodicals received. 



6. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorological Returns. 



1. HobartTown, from F. Abbott, Esq., table and summary for May. 



2. Port Arthur, from J. Boyd, Esq., table for April. 



3. Swansea, from Dr. Story, tables for March and April. 



4. Melbourne, from R. L. Ellery, Esq., table for April. 



5. New Zealand, from the Government, tables for March. 



6. Brisbane, from Queensland Government, tables for March and April. 



7. Sydney, from G. R. Smalley, Esq., tables for February and March. 



8. Westbury, from C. Belstead, Esq., table for May. 



Also the following reports from the Government of Victoria : — 



1. Report of Mining Surveyors and Registrars, Victoria, for quarter 



ending 31st March, 1869. 



2. Report of Registrar- General, Melbourne (Vital Statistics), for quar- 



ters ending 31st December, 1868, and 31st March, 1869, 

 Registration of imported live stock for same period. 

 The presentations were as follows : — 



1. From J. Hull, Esq. A Falcon fFalco melanogenysj . 



2. From J. Maclaine, Esq., Clarke's Island, per Mr. M. Allport. An 



Avocet (Rccurvirostris rubricollisj . 



3. From Mr. R. Ransome, Southport, per T. Stephens, Esq. A speci- 



men of Felspar Porphyry, and the Ear-bone of a Whale. 



4. From the Seymour Coal Company. Slab of Shale with numerous 



plant impressions, from Seymour Mines. A specimen of Coal from 

 West Wanganui Inlet, New Zealand. 

 6. From Mrs. Stagg. Eight Limestone Fossils (Tasmanian). 



6. From P. Ferguson, Esq,, of the Ceylon Observer, pjer Mr. Langley, A 



Letter of the Chetty Merchants (Tamils) of Southern India and 

 Ceylon, with an explanatory note. 



7. From jMrs. Ransly. A Lizard with double tail. 



8. From Mr. S. H. Wintle. Seventeen named specimens of Tasmanian 



Coleoptera, with note. 



9. From J. Maclanachan, Esq. A Pheasant (a cross between English 



and Chinese breeds). 



10. From R. L. Holmes, Esq. Transactions and Proceedings of New 

 Zealand Institute, vol. 1. 



11. From W, A. B. Gellibrand, Esq. Seventy-nine Photographs of 



Machinery in the Leeds Exhibition. 

 [These Photographs were presented to the donor by H. Denny, Esq., 

 Secretary of the Leeds Literary and Philosophical Institution.] 



