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OCTOBER, 1869. 



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

 12th October, C. Gould, Esq., F.G.S., in the chair. 



The hon. Secretary, Dr. Agnew, submitted the usual returns for the past 

 month, viz. : — 



1. Visitors to the Museum, 880. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 2,355. 



3. Plants and seeds sent from, and received at Gardens. 



4. Times of leafing, flowering and fruiting of^a few standard plants in 



Botanic Gardens. 



5. Books and periodicals received. 



6. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorological Returns. 



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



2. Swansea, from Dr. Story, table for August. 



3. Westbury, from F, Belstead, Esq., ditto for September. 



4. Port Arthur, from J. Boyd, Esq., ditto, ditto. 



5. Sydney, from G. R. Smalley, Esq., Government Astronomer, table 



for June. 



6. Melbourne, from R. J. Ellery, Esq., table, &c., for August. 



7. Perth, Western Australia, from W. H. Knight, Esq., table for August. 

 The following presentations to the Museum were brought under the 



notice of the meeting : — 



1. From Captain Roberts, a Snake and three Centipedes. 



2. FroraF. B. Wilkinson, Esq., a Mountain Duck ( CasarcatadornoidesJ . 



3. From Mr. W. Exton,Oatlands,a Chestnut-faced Owl (Strix castanopsj. 



4. From Mr. R. Propsting, a Harrier {Circus assimilis). [This bird ia 



known ad the " Swamp Hawk" of the colony.] 



5. From A. H. Maning, Esq., a Sun Dial, made and used by Spanish 



shepherds. 



6. From Mr. H. Turner, an Irish Penny, and a Sydney Token. 



7. From Miss Castray, Leaves of Silver Leaf Tree from Table 



Mountain, Cape of Good Hope; a Damara Lady's Necklace, 

 from South Africa. 



8. From Mrs. J. R. Buckland, — A Bullet from a double-barrelled gun, 



found loaded, on the 30th May, 1859, by the side of two skeletons 

 belonging to the retreating party of Sir John Franklin's ex- 

 pedition, in a boat on the west coast of King William's Island, 

 lat. 69deg. 8min., N., long. 99deg. 24min., W. [Vide " Fate of 

 Franklin and His Discoveries," by Captain McClintock, page 

 294.] A portion of a Boat's Ensign, belonging to the same 

 expedition, left at the Northern Cairn, Cape Felix, May, 1847, 

 and discovered May, 1859, by Lieut. Hobson, of Lady Franklin's 

 screw yacht Fox. A portion of the Riband of the Order of the 

 Redeemer, of Greece, worn by the late Sir John Franklin. An 

 Almond from the Convent Garden on Mount Sinai. 



9. From Mr. W. Knight, jun., — A collection of Geological Specimens 



brought by Mr. Glover from the western coast of the Island. 

 The Secretary brought under notice a model of a Reel invented by 

 Sergeant Eccleston, R. A., Instructor of Artillery, to be used for the pur- 

 pose of winding up the line in deep sea fishing. A letter descriptive of 

 the manner of using it, and setting forth its advantages, was read. 



