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OCTOBEE, 1869. 



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

 the 13th October, His Excellency Col. T. Gore Browne, C.B., President, in 

 tlie chair. 



Dr. Agnew laid on the table the usual returns for the past month, viz. : — 



1. Visitors to Musem, 589. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 1861. 



3. Plants received at Gardens. 



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



in Gardens. 



5. Presentations to the Museum, &c. 



Also Meteorological returns from Hobart Town, Port Arthur, Swansea, 

 Westbury, Tamar Heads, Adelaide, and Sydney. 



The following presentations to the Museum were brought under 

 notice : — 



1. From H. M. Hull, Esq. A Whip Snake and two Lizards. 



2. From H. L. Eoberts, Esq. A War Dress made from cocoanut 



fibre. 



3. From the Colonial Secretary. Specimen of Arfvedsonite from 



Swan Island, with report of assay. 



4. From Mr. W. F. Pettard, junr. Twenty-one varieties Tasmanian 



Shells. 



5. From Mr. Degraves. A Fossil from Sandstone. 



6. From Mr. J. Young, Kangaroo Point. A Shark. 



7. From Mr. Calvert. A small collection of Shells from King's 



Island. 



8. From Mr. W. Legrand. Specimen of paper manufactured in Java 



from the inner bark of a tree. 



9. From J. Boyd, Esq., Port Arthur. Skull and part of Skeleton of a 



small Whale, cleaned. 

 10. From J. Buckland, Esq. A fine specimen of the Argonaut 

 (Argonatota tuberculosa) from Kent's Group. 

 There being no papers read, a conversational discussion took place, and 

 after the usual vote of thanks to the donors of presentations, the meeting 

 broke up. 



