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MAY, 1877. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Society was held on Monday, the 

 7th May. His Excellency the Governor in the chair. 



The following gentlemen, v/lio had previously been nominated by the 

 Council, were ballotted for and declared duly elected as Fellows of 

 the Society, viz : — 



1. John Perkins, Esq., Mayor of Hobart Town. 



2. Frederick John Simson, Esq., of Brighton. 



And the Rev. George Brown, C.M.Z.S., of the Wesleyan Mission 



to New Britain, as a corresponding member. 

 The Hon. Secretary (Dr. Agnew), brought forward the usual returns 

 for the past month, viz. : — 



1. Number of \-isitors to Museum during April, total 1582. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, ditto, ditto, 4198. 



3. Seeds received at Gardens. 



4. Time of leafing, etc., of a few standard plants in the Botanic 



Gardens during the month. 



5. Books and periodicals received. 



6. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorological Returns — 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq.— Table for April. 



2. New Norfolk, from W. E. Shoobridge, Esq.— ditto. 

 . 3. Port Arthur, from Dr. Coverdale — ditto. 



4. From the Marine Board— Tables from Mount Nelson and South 



Bruni for April ; Kent's Group for December 1876, January to 

 March, 1877 ; and Goose Island for March. 



5. From Mr. Roblin — Abstracts and results of observations regis- 



tered at the lighthouses and other coast stations in Tasmania 

 during 1876. 



6. Adelaide, from C. Todd, Esq.— Printed tables, monthly, from 



January to October, 1876. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follows : — 



1. From Mr. John Brazier, Sydney — A beautiful specimen of an 



Echinoderm (Lohophora truncata), from New Caledonia, dredged 

 by the donor from a depth of eight fathoms. (With a note.) 



2. From Mr. R. A. Murray — Specimen of rock with native silver, 



from the Hampshire Hills silver mine. (Van Diemen's Land 

 Company.) 



3. From Mr. ^Edward Nicholas, jun., Meadsfield — Specimen of silicious 



rock from between Lake Echo and the Serpentine. 



4. From Mr. Arthur K. Johnston, Cleveland Bay — "A sample 



of fibre beaten from the bark of a tree, and used by the natives 

 of the Louisades Islands for making fishing lines and ropes for 

 their canoes." 



5. From Mr. W. Piguenit — Flower and seed of (Banksia serrata) 



from the North Coast of Tasmania. 



6. From Mr. John Allison — A Bronze Cuckoo ( Lamiwococcyx hasalis,) 



7. From Mr. Penny, Queen's Asylum — A Pheasant, killed at New 



Town. 



8. From Mr. Wilson, Bellerive — Crystals of Gypsum, from 



Riverina. 



9. From Mr. J. E. Baynton — An internal cast of a fossil univalve 



shell, from Patea, New Zealand. 



10. From Mr. James Wilson, Ashgrove, Oatlands. A White Hawk 



(Leucospiza novm hollandi(E. 



11. From Mr. R. Terry, New Norfolk. Section of a large fungus 



from a Peppermint Tree (Eucalyptus amygdalina). 



