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AUGUST, 1868. 



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

 the nth August, His Excellency Colonel T. Gore Browne, President, in 

 the chair. 



Mr. C. T. Belstead, who had been previously nominated by the Council, 

 was after a ballot declared to be duly elected a Fellow of the Society. 



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

 past month, viz. : — 



1. Visitors to Museum, 487. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 266. 



6. Plants, &c., received at Gardens: — From Mr. J. Harris, Melbourne, 

 43 plants and 19 scions of fruit trees. From E. Henderson, Sydney, 

 16 plants, 



4. Plants sent from Gardens :— To Mr. T. C. Wren, 55 plants and 76 

 species bulbs. 



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



Botanic Gardens. 



6. Books and periodicals received. 



7. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorological Returns. 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq. — Table and summary for July. 



2. Port Arthur, from J. Boyd, Esq. — Tables for May and June. 



3. Swansea, from Dr. Story. — Tables for May and June. 



4. Westbury, from F. Belstead, Esq.— Table for July. 

 The presentations were as follow : — 



1. From Mr. J. Dennett, Campbell-street, one silver coin {\ Dime), 



United States, America ; one twopenny piece, Geerge III. ; two 

 copper coins ; a small medal, apparently struck in commemoration 

 of the Battle of Albuera; also an Esquimaux dress from Behring's 

 Straits. 



2. From Mr. W. Young, Clarence, Plains, a grebe (Podiceps poliocc- 



pkaliis.J 



3. From Mr. G. W. Linley, Oatlands, a chestnut-faced owl fStrix 



castanops.J 



4. From Mr. M. Allport, a young Opossum from the pouch. 



5. From Dr. Crowther, two Fish from Lady Elliott's Island. 



The Secretary directed the attention of the meeting to the following 

 books lately received as donations to the library. 



1. From W. H. Archer, Esq., Registrar-General, by direction of the 



Government of Victoria, Notes of Progress of Victoria, 1835 — 1860, 

 (parts 1 and 2), 1861-2-3-4-5-6 and 7, Statistical Register of Vic- 

 toria and Calendar for 1855 (2 copies) Statistics of Victoria, 1867, 

 Part 1st, Population ; Part 2nd, A.ccumulation. Statistical tables, 

 compiled for Dublin Exhibition, 2 sheets. 



2. From Government of New Zealand, Statistics of New Zealand for 



1866 ; Abstract of Principal Results of Census of New Zealand, 

 1867. 



3. From Colonel Sir H. James, R.E., by direction of the Right Hon. 



the Secretary of State for War ; Comparison of Standards of 

 Length of England, France, Belgium, Prussia, Russia, India and 

 Australia. 



4. Reports and proceedings of Royal Society, London Linnean Society, 



Geological Society, Geographical Society, Asiatic Society, »&c., &c. 



5. From Dr. Milligan, Artisans' Report of Paris Exhibition of 1867. 



The Technologist Nos. 4 and 5 for 1866; Nos. 6 to 12 for 1867, 

 &c., &c., 



