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Thermometer— Means, Max., Gl'ldeg.; Min., 45-2deg.; Dry, 54*4 ; 



Wet, 51-5. 

 Humidity of Air — Means, Dew Point, 48"54deg.; Humidity, '814 ; Elastic 



Force of Vapour, '346. 

 Condensation — Number of days on which rain fell, 13 ; amount collected, 



•90in. 

 Cloud — Mean daily amount 5 (scale 0-10), 

 Wind — Mean force 1*3 (scale 0-12), principally from westward ; light airs 



and calms prevailing during the month. 

 Remarks—" In the above the rain was taken for the month, the other 

 observations for the last 24 days only. The greatest temperature in 

 shade was 74 -Sdeg. on the 10th, the lowest 37 'Odeg., on night of the 6th. 

 On the evening of the 17th, the Aurora Australis was very brilliant, 

 commencing a little before 8 o'clock, and lasting nearly all night, streamers 

 of light ascending to the zenith from between the S.E. and S.W., 

 illuminating the heavens and making it as light as if the moon was up. 

 It was said to be the grandest Aurora seen in Tasmania. A smaller 

 Aurora appeared on the evening of the 20th, but %vith no streamers. Calms 

 and light mnds prevailed through the month, though heavy gales have 

 been experienced on the coasts of Tasmania and other Colonies." 



J. Shortt, Meteorological Observer. 

 Southport Rainfall, April, 1882. — Number of days on which rain fell, 14 ; 



amount collected, 2"55in. 

 Waratah, Mount Bischoff, April. — Number of days on which rain fell, 



18 ; amount collected 5'27in. 

 Botanic Gardens, Hobart. — Number of days on which rain fell, 9 ; 



amount collected, 0'58in, 

 Time of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a few standard plants in the 

 Botanic Gardens during April, 1882 : — 



10th. Chinese Chrysanthemums commencing to flower. 



12th. Elm leaves commencing to fall. 



12th. Coe's late red Plum commencing to ripen. 



20th. Pyrus aucuparia leaves commencing to fall. 



24th. Black mulberry ditto ditto. 



26th. Seeds of Hornbeam ripe. 



The presentations to the Museum were as follow : — 



1. From Mr. F. Bednall, Adelaide, per Mr. C. E. Beddome, two 



Specimens of Voluta flavicans, and one of Cyprcea thirsites. 



2. From Mr. E. D. Swan, a Specimen of Nautilus pompilius, and one 



of Nautilus umbilicatzis. 



3. From Mr. H. White, two Specimens of Copper Pyrites, from Saxon's 



Creek, near Beaconsfield, Tasmania. 



4. From Mr. W, K. Dixon, Ouse, a Specimen of a Petrel (Prion 



turtur). 

 [No particulars furnished with this specimen, which had probably been 

 driven inland by the severe weather lately prevailing on the coast.] 



5. From Mrs. Percy, Rokeby, Clarence Plains, a Basket and Eggs from 



a petrifying spring at Matlock, Derbyshire, England. 



6. From Mr. Justice Dobson, a specimen of the Fern Schizea bifida, 



found near the Cascade Brewery. 

 [The donor of this specimen remarks — " This fern has hitherto, so far 

 as is recorded, been found only at Southport in this colony. The 

 Schizea found at George Town and on the North Coast, which is com- 

 monly known as ' Schizea bifida' on Hooker's authority, is, according to 

 Bentham, p. 693, not ' Schizea bifida,' but ' Schizea fistulosa.' "] 

 To Library — 



1. Annals of the Entomological Society of Belgium, Vol. 25, 1881. 



From the Society. 



2. Catalogue of the Australian Stalk and Sessile-eyed Crustacea, by William 



