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Black Mulberry commenced to ripen. 



Kerry Pippin Apple do. 



Windsor Pear do. 



Bon Chretien Pear do. 



Green Gage do. 



Ash commencing to shed seed. 



Sycamore do. 



Seckle Pear commencing to ripen. 

 „ 16. Tips of Hornbeam commencing to turn. 



„ 18. Coe's Golden Drop Plum ripe. 



,, 28. Horsechestnut leaves turning brown. 



„ 28. Ash leaves turning yellow. 



,, 30. Oak leaves commencing to fall. 



„ 31. Tips of Elm turning yellow. 



The presentations to the Museum were as follow : — 



1. From Mr. J. A. Clark, Franklin. Stalactite, from a recently dis- 



covered natural tunnel, running through a hill on the Craycroft 

 River, Huon district. 



2. From Mr. V. Johnston. A specimea of the " Ribbon Fish " 



(Trachypterus ativelis), caught off Darlington, Maria Island, 

 East Coast Tasmania. 



3. From Mr. S. P. H. Wright. Specimens of the various strata 



passed through in boring for water at The Grove, Glenoi chy. 



4. From Mr. A. P. Canaway. Specimens of the paper money 



(Assignats) cf the First French Republic (1793-1805). 



5. From Mr. John Page. Nine Snake Skius, from the Eastern 



Marshes. 



6. From Mr. D, M. Barnard. Skin of Black Snake (Hoplocephalus 



curtus), from Beaconsfield, In a note which accompanied this 

 specimen, the donor states that "The snake was originally 6ft. 

 in length, the skin is now 5ft. lOin., without head, and allow- 

 ing for shrinking." 



7. From Mr. J. Barnard. 89 Copp t- ^ j'ms and Token?, and 4 Silver 



Coins. [Among the lattet i. <* Specimen, in excellent preserva- 

 tion, of the " dump " struck from the centre of the Dollar, and 

 formerly in circulation in the col ny. It bears the date 1813, 

 and it? value, 15 pence, is stamped on the reverse side.] 



8. From Master Stephens. Two specimens of Unio Moretonicup, from 



the Lake River. 



9. From Miss Lodder. 73 Species of Marine Shell?, from North Coast, 



Tasmania. 

 10. From the Trustees, Austral an Museum, Sydney. 108 Specimens of 



Foreign, and 121 of Australian Birds, mounted ; three Heads of 



Egyptian Mummies. 

 Presentations to Library : — 

 1 From Captain W. V. Legge, R.A. Two Photographs of the 



Chaldsean Account of the Deluge, taken from Terra Cotta 



tablets found at N neveh, and now in the British Museum, 



with translation and text by George Smith, of the Orien al 



Department, British Museum. 



2. From Trustees British Museum, Catalogue of Birds, Vol. 6. 



3. From the Government; of Victoria. A descriptive Atlas of the 



Eucalypts cf Australia (Eucalyptographia), 5th Decade, by 



Baron von Mueller, K.C.M.G. 

 The Secretary called special attention to the extent and value of 

 the donation (No. 10) from the Trustees of the Australian Museum, as 

 an act of great liberality, especially coupled with the promise of a 

 future gift of skins of New Guinea Birds, whenever mounted specimens 

 are available for the purpose. ' ' In exchange, the Trusteeis would be 



