19 

 AUGUST, 1877. 



The monthly meeting of the Society was held on Tuesday, 14th 

 "August; James Barnard, Esq., in the chair. 



H. Benjafield, Esq., M.B., who had previously been nominated by 

 the Council, was balloted for and declared duly elected as a Fellow of 

 the Society. 



The Hon. Secretary (Dr. Agnew) brought forward the following 

 returns for the past month, viz. : — 



1. Number of visitors to Museum, 1685. 



2. Ditto ditto to Gardens, 4502. 



3. Plants and Seeds sent from Gardens :— To Baron von Mueller, 



Melbourne, 100 papers seeds. To Mr. W. Bull, London, 10 

 papers seeds. [To Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, 28 papers seeds. 

 To Royal Horticultural Gardens, London, 10 ditto. To the Eoyal 

 Gardens, Kew, 106 ditto. To Messrs. Vilmorin, Andrieux, & 

 Cie., Paris, 14 ditto. To Ch. Huber & Cie., Hyeres, France, 

 14 ditto. To Mr. C. F. Creswell, Melbourne, one box plants 

 and seeds. To Mr. J. Jones, Melbourne, 50 papers seeds. 



4. Plants supplied for decoration of public places : — For public school 



grounds, SoreJl, 18 plants. For Church grounds, St. Mary's, 

 30 plants. For Church grounds, Spring Bay, 25 plants. To the 

 Municipality of Deloraine, 100 plants. 



5. Time of leafing, &c., of a few standard plants in the Botanic Gar- 



dens during July. 



6. Books and Periodicals received. 



7. Presentation to Museum. 

 Meteorological Tables — 



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



2. New Norfolk, from W. E. Shoobridge, Esq.— Table for July. 



3. Tamar Heads, from E,. Henry, Esq., table for July. 



4. From the Marine Board, tables from King's Isknd for February 



to June inclusive, Mount Nelson for July, and South Bruni for 

 ditto. 



5. Melbourne, from E. J. L. EUery, Esq., printed tables for 



November, 1876. 



6. Sydney, from H. C. Eussell, Esq., ditto for 1876. 



7. New Zealand, from Dr. Hector, meteorological report for 1875. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follows : — 



1. From F. B. Spicer, Campbell Town, a mountain duck {Casarca 



tadornoldes). 



2. From Mr. G. Ibbott, Lower Jerusalem, a Long-billed Cockatoo 



{Lkmetis temd7'Ostrl6) shot near the Coal Eiver. [This bird had 

 evidently been in confinement.] 



3. From Mr. L. Boyes, Gould's Country, a Nankeen Night Heron 



{Ni/cticorax caledonicus) . 



4. From Mr. Wm. Barnard, an Australian Golden Plover {Charadrius 



orientalis). 

 [Mr. J. Swan observed he had never known these birds to be so 

 numerous in Tasmania as during the present season. For one bird seen 

 on former occasions, he must have seen fifty this year in the Lake 

 District. He thought it probable that the great droughts in the 

 interior of Australia had driven the birds southward to Tasmania in 

 search of moisture. ] 



5. From Dr. Barnard, a sample of "tailings," said to contain 50 



per cent, of copper, from the Kaiser Gold and Copper Mining 

 Company, Lincoln, near Wellington, New South Wales. 



6. From A. Simson, Esq. — • Ten specimens of sponges and two of 



Echinodermata from Flinders Island. 



