ROYAL SOCIETY. 



MAECH, 1869. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Fellows, the first of the present 

 session, was held on Tuesday, the 9th March, J. Barnard, Esq., in the 

 chair. 



The Hon. Secretary (Dr. Agnew) laid on the table the following re- 

 turns : — 



1. Visitors to Museum (Fehruary), 887. 



2. Ditto to Gardens (February), 1,911. 



3. Plants, &c., received at Gardens (February) : — From the Acclimati- 



sation Society, Christchurch, New Zealand, seeds of Areca sapida, 

 and Cordyline indivisa. 

 From Mr. C. F. Creswell, 11 packets seeds and 9 species of bulbous 

 plants received from England. 



4. Seeds sent from Gardens : — 



To A. Yerschaffelt, Ghent, Belgium, one packet of seeds of Areca 

 sapida. 



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



Botanic Gardens. 



6. Books and periodicals received during January and February. 

 Meteorological Returns : — 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq., tables for January and Feb- 



ruary. 



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



3. Swansea, from Dr. Story, ditto, ditto 



4. Westbury, from F. Belstead, Esq., ditto, ditto and February. 



5. Adelaide, South Australia, from C. Todd, Esq., Go v^ernment Observer, 



tables for December, 1868. 



6. Sydney, New South Wales, from C. K. Todd, Esq., Government 



Observer, tables for December and January. 

 The presentations were as follows : — 



1. From J. Milligan, Esq., London. 



(aj. Seven packages of Tasmanian plants, named by Dr. Hooker, of 



Kew. 

 (h) . Two ditto Italian plants. 

 fcj. Six specimens of Calyniene Blumenbachii from Wenlock Shale," 



Gotland 

 (dj. Specimen of Esparto Grass. 



2. From G. Whitcomb, Esq. :— 



(aJ. Sample of coal from Lambton Colliery, Newcastle, and Bitumi- 

 nous Shale from Hartley, New South Wales. 

 (bj. Sample of Sugar Cane-grown in Queensland. 



3. From G. Kreflft, Esq., Sydney Museum, per M. Allport, Esq., five 



prepared skins of birds from King George's Sound. 



4. From Mr. R. T. Dyer, Brighton, an Albino variety of the Kosella 



Parrot (Platycercus eximiusj. 



5. From the Hon. R. Officer, a White Hawk. 



6. A Goshawk (Astur approximansj , 



