ROYAL SOCIETY, 1877. ^^^"^ 



MAECH, 1877. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Society was held on Tuesday, 13th 

 March, James Barnard, Esq., in the chair. 



The following gentlemen, who had previously been nominated by the 

 Council, were balloted for and declared duly elected as Fellows of the 

 Society, viz., the Revd. John Gray, Messrs. R. R. Rex and William 

 Belbin, M.H.A. Professor Ulrich, of Melbourne ; and Alexander Wallis, 

 Esq., Secretary to the Board of Agriculture, Victoria, were elected as 

 corresponding members. 



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

 retm-ns : — 



1. Number of Visitors to Museum during January, 1536 ; February, 1402. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, Januarj', 4279 ; February, 3939. 



3. Plants received at Gardens durmg February 7th. 



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



during February. 



5. Presentations to Museum. 



6. Books and periodicals purchased and presented. 



America as i\sual has been the most liberal donor to the library, the 

 present contribution comprising no less than ten quarto volumes — an " Atlas 

 of Mining Industry " — Geological Explorations, with numerous pamphlets, 

 and proceedings of various learned Societies. 

 Meteorological Returns. 



1. Hobart Town, from F, Abbott, Esq., tables for January and February. 



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



3. Port Arthur, from Di\ Coverdale, ditto, ditto. 



4. Mount Nelson, tables for January and February ; South Bruni Light- 



house, ditto ; King's Island Lighthouse, ditto for October, November, 

 and December, 1876, and January 1877. From the Marine Board. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follows : — 



1. From G. Bennett, Esq., M.D., F.L.S., F.Z.S.— A collection of FossUs, 



from Darling Downs, Queensland, viz. : Portion of Humerus, second 

 vertebra (axis), and lower jaw of Diprotodon Australis. Tusks or 

 Incisors of ditto. Portion of jaw of Kangaroo (Procoptodon Goliak, 

 Owen). Molar^ teeth and portion of Jaw of Diprotodon. Jaws of 

 different species of Kangaroo {Macropus.) (With note). 



2. From Mrs. S. Parsons.— Models of a Rice boat, and Passenger boat, 



from Ceylon. 



3. From Mr. Tabor, Huon Road. — Specimen of Gordius sp, 



4. From Mr. E. Oldfield, Launceston. — An Egg, probably of a species 

 of Petrel imbedded in hardened guano, from Bird Island. 



5. From Mr. Josh. Gates. — Portion of human Skull from Kaipara, New 



Zealand. 



6. From Mr. Thos. Dury.— One pound note of Faversham Bank, 1813. 



7. From Mr. W. C. Blyth.— Three specimens of Unio mortonicus from 



Campbell Town. 



8. From Mr. Graves.— Cast skin of Snake. 



9. From Mr. Ferguson, Tinder-box Bay.— Skull of Seal (Stenorhynclius 

 leptonyx). 



