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JULY, 1869. 



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

 13th July ; J. Barnard, Esq., in the chair. 



L. R. Castray, Esq., A.C.G-., and G. Mace, Esq., who had previously 

 been put in nomination, were, after a ballot, declared duly elected as 

 Fellows of the Society. 



The Secretary, Dr. Agnew, laid on the table the usual monthly returns, 

 viz., — 



1. Visitors to Museum, June, 1832. 



2. Visitors to Gardens, June, 803. 



3. Plants, &c., received at Gardens. From A. Verschaftelt, Ghent, 



Belgium, 106 varieties of fruit trees, of which 48 arrived alive, 15 

 doubtful, and 43 dead. From Mr. G. Brunning, St. Kilda, 60 

 plants. From Mr. J. Harris, South Yarra, 47 plants. From Mel- 

 bourne Botanic Gardens, 29 plants. 



4. Plants supplied from Gardens. To Mr. Brunning, 54 plants, 12 



packets seeds. 



5. For Burial Ground, Cascade Invalid Depot, 40 cypress plants. 



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



Botanic Gardens. 



7. Books and Periodicals received. 



8. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorological Returns — 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq., table and summary for June. 



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



3. Swansea, from Dr. Story, table for May. 



4. Westbury, from F. Belstead, Esq., table for June. 

 6. Melbourne, from E,. J. Ellery, Esq., table for May. 



6. Sydney, from G. E,. Smalley, Esq., table for April. 



7. New Zealand, from Dr. Hector, ditto ditto, and report on meteorology 



for 1868. 



8. Brisbane, from E. MacDonnell, Esq., table for May. 



The Secretary read a letter of thanks from Professor Newton, of Mag- 

 dalen College, Cambridge, for specimens of natural history, and publica- 

 tions forwarded by the Society in December last to the Museum and 

 Library of that institution. 



Also one from the Secretary of the Anthropological Society of London 

 for a complete set of the transactions of this Society, presented by order of 

 the Council. 



The presentations were as follows : — 



1. From Dr. Bennett, a crab, from Sandy Bay. 



2. From Mr. J. Young, Howrah, eight specimens of Crustaceans (four 



Crabs and four Prawns), from Kangaroo Point. 

 [These Prawns have lately been taken in considerable numbers from 

 the mouths of rock cod (Gadus sp.J caught in the Derwent, and it is 

 somewhat remarkable that they have not hitherto been found in any other 

 situation.] 



3. From Mr. J. Townsend, specimens of Calcareous incrustation round 



roots of trees, from Sandy Beach at Pittwater. 



4. From Mr. W. Johnston, a large seed of tree said to have been taken 



from the stomach of a Barracouta. Four Coins and one Brass 

 Token. 

 6. From Mr. Whitely. Silver Coin, value 10 cents, Netherlands, 1849. 



6. From Mr. S. H. Wintle. Specimen of Cleithelepis, from New South 



"Wales, discovered by the Rev. W. B. Clarke. A Mineral speci- 

 men from a vein in the Mudstone, Huon Road. 



7. From Mr. H. Hull. A Malay Kris. 



