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NOVEMBEE, 1877. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Society was held at the Museum 

 on Monday, November 12, the Right Rev. the Bishop of Tasmania in 

 the chair. 



Dr. E. C. Barnard, 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 under notice the usual 

 monthly returns, viz. : — 



1. Number of Visitors to Museum during October, 1,722. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, ditto, 4,728. 



3. Plants received at Gardens — From Aug. Simson, Esq., a very fine 



trunk of AUophila australis from Gould's Country. From Mons. 

 J. Linden, Ghent, Belgium, 50 plants (Palms and Orchids) in very 

 good condition. 



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



Gardens during October. 



5. Books and Periodicals received. 



6. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorology. — 



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



2. Mt. Nelson, table for October ; South Bruni, ditto ; Swan Island, 



table for September; King's Island, tables for July, August, 

 and September ; from Hobart Town Marine Board. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follows : — 



1. From A. Simson, Esq. — A collection of unusually fine crystals 



of oxide of Tin from Gould's Country, with a note. 



2. From Mr. E. A. Smith — Fossilcast of Pecten from limestone near 



Sandy Bay. 



3. From Mr. J. E. Baynton — Samples of **washdirt," tin nuggets, 



etc., from Gould's Country. 



4. From James Scott, Esq. — A fine specimen of Fossil Wood from 



Mount Morriston, vsdth a note. 



5. From Charles E. Barnard, Esq., M.D. — A named collection of 



Fossil Fruits from Gulgong, New South Wales. 



[In reference to this presentation, the following note from Dr. 

 Barnard was read : — "These fossil fruits were found embedded in the 

 argillaceous ' wash dirt ' of the * Black Lead, ' Gulgong, New South 

 Wales, at a depth of 150 feet, associated with leaves and wood, the 

 remains of ancient forests. Immediately above this washdirt is a 

 stratum of hard basalt, 15 feet thick ; and above this again are strata 

 of clays and gravel alternating. These latter contain no gold ; which is 

 only found here beneath the basalt. "] 



Mr. M. Allport remarked that one or two of these fossils from the 

 New South Wales tertiaries were very similar to some found in the 

 Travertine at Geilston, near Risdon, and in both cases they were of 

 older date than the basalt, which in New South Wales overlies the 

 fossils, and at Risdon has displaced the beds in which they occur. If 

 any of the leaves found could be accurately associated with the fruits 

 much light might be thrown on the flora of that period, and far greater 

 interest given to the fossils from both localities. 



The Rev. W. W. Spicer read a paper on " Silk and Silk Producers." 



A paper by the Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods, " On some new Tasmanian 

 Marine Shells, " was read bythe Secretary. 



Mr. Allport read a very interesting paper " On the present stage 

 of the Salmon Experiment." 



