XXXIU 



JULY, 1882. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Society was held on Tuesday, 12th 

 July, Mr. C. H, Grant 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. :— Mr. William Lees, of the Union Bank ; and Mr. C. W. 

 Chapman, of Cascades. 



The Hon. Secretary (Mr. Barnard) submitted the following returns for 

 the past month, viz. : — 



1. Number of Visitors to Museum — On Sundays 719, on week days 



802 ; total 1,521. 



2. Ditto to Gardens— Total -3,722. 



3. Plants and seeds received at Botanic Gardens: — From Mr. Bai^nard, 



seeds of Wistaria megasperma. From the Hon. J. Maclanachan, 

 seeds of a variety of Cedrus Libani. From Mr. C. F. Creswell, 

 Melbourne, 14 packets of seeds. From the Botanic Gardens, 

 Melbourne, 30 plants. From Messrs. Heyne and Co., Adelaide, 24 

 packets of seeds. 



4. Plants and seeds sent from Gardens : — To Mr, C. F. Creswell, Melbourne, 



collection of seeds. To Mr. J. Smith, Eiddell's Creek, Victoria 

 a collection of seeds and plants. To Mr, R. J. Lynch, Botanic 

 Gardens, Cambridge, collection of seeds. To Botanic Gardens, 

 Brisbane, Queensland, seeds of Eucalyptus Globulus. To Messrs. 

 Vilmorin, Andrieux, et Cie., France, collection of seeds. To the 

 Chamber of Agriculture, Washington, U.S.A., collection of 

 seeds. To the Royal Gardens, Kew, collection of seeds. To Mr. 

 W. Bull, London, ditto. To Baron von Mueller, Melbourne, 

 ditto. To Messrs. Shepherd and Co., Sydney, collection of seeds 

 and plants. To Mr. J. Latham, collection of seeds. To Dr. James 

 Hector, Wellington, New Zealand, ditto. 



5. Books and periodicals received. 



6. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorological Returns : — 



1. Hobart, from Captain Shortt, Government Observer, table for June, 



2. Table of Rainfall at various stations in Tasmania, from ditto. 



3. Mount Nelson, from the Marine Board, table for June. 



The following are the results of observations above referred to : — 

 Bobart, June, 1882 :— 



Barometer — Mean, 29'776in. 



Thermometer. — Means. Max., 58'2deg. ; Min,, 33deg. ; Dry bulb, 

 45-6deg. ; Wet bulb, 43'2deg. 



Humidity.— Dew Point Mean, 40'4deg. ; Humidity, 823 ; Elastic 

 force of vapour, 251. 



Condensation. — No of days on wliich rain fell, 13 ; Amount collected, 

 2-41in. 



Clouds. — Mean daily amount 6 (scale 010). 



Wind. — Prevailing direction. Westerly ; Mean force, l"51b. (scale, 0*1 2). 



Remarks. — Rain on 13 days ; the heaviest registered was l*38in., at 

 9 a.m. on the 20th. Highest temperature in the shade, 58"2deg., on 

 the 28th. The lowest, 33deg., on the nights of the 9th and 15th. 

 On the morning of the 16th, a very heavy fall of snow, from two to three 

 inches deep. Light snow falling at intervals for 30 hours. Before the 

 snowstorm the barometer had been falling slowly and steadily day by 

 day, from the 6th ; at 9 a.m. the barometer, then 30"387in., I'ose a little 

 for 30 hours on the 8th and 9th, then fell slowly to 28'923in., its lowest, 

 on the 15th; with heavy squalls and rain fi'om the westward, lulHng 

 early in the morning, when the snow commenced falhng hea%dly. The 

 Comet has been observed a few nights only at Hobart (though seen 



