APEIL, 1877. 



The monthly meeting of the society was held on Tuesday, the 10th 

 April. The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Tasmania in the chair. 



An unusually large number of Fellows attended, and the Rev. George 

 Brown, Wesleyan Missionary to New Britain and New Ireland (lately 

 returned from those islands), was present as a visitor. 



Alfred Dobson, Esq., was elected a Fellow, and F. W. Hutton, Esq., 

 Director of the Otago Museum, Dunedin,New Zealand, as a Corresponding 

 Member of the Society. 



The Hon. Secretary (Dr. Agnew) brought under notice the usual 

 returns for the past month, viz. : — 



1. Number of visitors to Museum, total 1592. 



2. Ditto ditto to Gardens, total 4495. 



3. Plants and seeds received at Gardens. From Messrs. Huber and 



Co., Hyeres, France, two packets of seeds. 

 From M. Aug. van Geert, Ghent, 112 plants, comprising Rhododen- 

 drons, Magnolias, Lilies, Peonies, Clematis, etc. From Baron 

 Ferd. von Mueller, seeds of Festuca dives. 



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



in the Botanic Gardens during March. 



5. Books and Periodicals received. 

 Meteorological Returns — 



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



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



3. From the Marine Board — Mount Nelson, table for March ; Goose 



Island, tables for January and February. 



4. Port Arthur, from Dr. Coverdale — Table for March. 



5. Melbourne, from R. J. L. EUery, Esq. — Printed records for 



August and September, 1876. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follow^ : — 



1. From W. K. Dixon, Esq., Ouse — A Spine-tailed Swift (Chcetura 



caudacuta), and an Emu Wren (Stipitunis malachurus). 



2. From Captain AV. Fisher — A Sawfish ( Pristiophonis cirratus). 



3. From Dr. Coverdale — Four hair balls from the paunch of a calf six 



weeks old. Concretions from paunch of a sheej). 



4. From Owen Meredith, Esq. — Specimens of Stream Tin from Mount 



Heemskirk, Western Tasmania, found on land taken up and in- 

 tended to be worked by the Emu Bay and Pieman's River Pros- 

 pecting Company. 



5. From Mr. C. Sandberg, per Mr. 0. H. Hedberg — Stream Tin from 



the ** All Nations " Co.'s mine, Main Creek, Thomas' Plains, 

 Ringarooma. 



6. From Master A. Maddock — Two insects (Cyria imj^erialis) from 



Mount Nelson. 



7. From Mr. J. Lucas, Huon — A specimen of the Golden-bellied Beaver 



Rat (Hydromys chrysorjaster). An Opossum Mouse (Dromida 

 gliriformis). 



8. From Mrs. Maum, Sem-., Clarence Plains — A curiously malformed 



Egg of domestic fowl. 



9. From Mr. J. W. H. Clark— Two freshwater mussels ( Unio mor- 



tonicus) from the Elizabeth River, Campbell Town. 

 10. From the Rev. James Thomas — A Basket made by the natives of 

 Tonga. Two crab shells, ten specimens of Echinodennata, two 

 species of Coral attached to a piece of rock, two specimens of 

 Lithodomzis, and seeds of Abnis precatoi'ius from the Friendly 

 Islands, 



