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NOVEMBER, 1868. 



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

 10th November, H. Bilton, Esq., in the chair. 



The Secretary laid on the table the usual returns for the past month, 

 viz. : — 



1. Visitors to Museum, 517. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 1,859. 



3. Times of leafing, flowering, and fruiting, of a few standard plants 



in Gardens. 



4. Plants received at Gardens :— From Mr. T. C. Wren, Auckland, 



New Zealand, two large plants (Cyathea medullaris and C. 

 dealbataj. From JMr. J. Simmonds, Launceston, 8 papers Seeds 

 from Japan. 



5. Seeds supplied from Gardens : — To Melbourne Botanic Gardens, 



seeds of Chamcerops excelsa and Finns insignes. 



6. Tench supplied— To J. W. Graves, Esq., 17 ; to be forwarded 



to Auckland, New Zealand. 



7. Books and Periodicals received. 



8. Presentations to Museum. 



Meteorological Returns. 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq., table for October, with 



summary. 



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



3. Westbury, from F. Belstead, Esq., table for October. 



The Presentations to the Museum and Libraiy were as follows : — 



1. From W. A. B. Gellibrand, Esq., Ouse River, a Snake. 



"With regard to this snake, Mr. Gellibrand, who considers it a new 

 species, stated when presenting it to the Museum, that he had long known 

 of its existence, and that it always inhabited the tea tree scrubs, close to 

 the river, but from its habit of immediately taking to the water when dis- 

 turbed, it was very difficult to kill. 



The snake has since been ascertained to be a young specimen of the 

 Black Snake of the colony (Koplocephalus CurtmJ. 



2. From Mr. W. McDowell, Long Bay, two Centipedes from West 



Indies. 



3. From Mr. E. Clarke, ship " Derwent Hunter, " eye of a Whale, 



dried. 



4. From Mr. O. Flexmore, a Lizard, 13 pebbles, and a Bank Note of 



United States. 



5. From H. M. Hull, Esq., a Snake, two Iguanas, and specimens of 



Fungi from a Myrtle Tree (Fagus Cunning hamii J . 



6. From Mr. Wintle, nest of a hymenopterous Insect, allied to the 



Mason Wasps. 



7. From Mr. Harburgh, a Hermit Crab. 



8. From J. Tebbutt, jun., Esq., Meteorological Observations made 



at the Peninsula, New South Wales, in the years 1863, 1864, 

 1865, 1866, bound. 



9. From Mr. Hainsworth, a collection of Fossils from Table Cape. 

 10. From H. Bilton, Esq., a recent specimen of the Koala, or Native 



Bear (Fhascolarctos cinereusj. 

 This was probably one of several of the same kind, which were intro- 

 duced into this colony a few years ago from Victoria, where they are 

 indigenous. The specimen now presented was killed on Mr. Bilton' a 

 property (about eight miles from the place where it was set free), by one 



