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2. From Mr. Eobert Henry. Skeleton of a Wombat from a sand- 

 bank near Low Heads. 



[These bones were exposed by the action of the wind cutting 

 through the sandbank, which must have been at least 25ft. high 

 where it covered them.] 



.3. From Mr. Wm. Tarleton. Bones of recent Marsupial Animals, 



etc., from a calcareous deposit on Kent's Group, Bass' Straits. 



[The bones were found in a cavity 50ft. in depth, washed out 



by floods, and situated 600ft. above sea level.] Specimens of 



Helix Shnsoniana from the same locality. 



4. From Mr. J. Moore. Fragments of bone, teeth, etc., from a 



Tertiary deposit, exposed by blasting at the Alexandra Battery, 

 One-Tree Point. [These specimens are referred to in Mr. 

 Johnston's paper, on the condition of the Estuary of the Derwent 

 during the tertiary period, read at the same meeting.] 



5. From Mr. H. Wright, Glenorchy. Head of Pelican (Pelecanus 



conspidllatus) from George's Bay. 



6. From His Excellency Sir F. A. Weld, K.C.M.G. A collection 



of Bird Skins (14), and three nests of Weaver Bird (Ploceus 

 haya) from Singapore. 



7. From Captain Boon, barque Mary Blair. Fragment of an earthen 



vessel from the ruins of the Castle of Henry IV., at Dieppe, 

 France. Specimen of Granite broken from Cleopatra's Needle. 



8. From Mr. Finlayson. A Modern Greek Copper Coin. 



9. From Mr. G. A. Power, Eoss. Specimen of " Native Bread " 



' (Mylitta Australis), which, when fresh, weighed 251bs. 



10. From Mr. Orraond FitzGerald. A White Hawk (Leucospiza Novce 

 HoUandlceJ. 



11. A collection of British Birds' Eggs, from Mr. W. E. Stephens. 

 [Mr. E. D. Swan drew attention to this valuable donation. The 



collection contains more than 500 eggs and about 150 species, many of 

 them of rare occurrence in the British Isles. As they were all pro- 

 cured by Mr. Stephens himself, tlie various specimens can be properly 

 identified. Should, as has often been proposed, the introduction of many 

 of the English birds into this colony be carried out, some legislation for 

 their protection, especially during the breeding season, would be 

 necessary. This collection would then be of very great use iia making 

 the eggs of the protected birds familiar.] 



12. From Mr. S. H. Wintle. A sample of the so-called Mineral Wax 

 (Zietrisihitc, Dana) from Utah, America. Section of Pepper 

 Tree ( Drimys ai'omatka) from George's Bay. Specimens of 

 Sandstone and Slate in contact with Granite, from George's 

 Bay. 



[In reference to this presentation, Mr. Wintle remarks : — ** For a long 

 time the question of the age of the granite so extensively developed in 

 the stanniferous districts of the North-east Coast of this island has been 

 one of much interest for me. My efforts to obtain a clue to that age had 

 been unrewarded till about three years ago, when, near the head of 

 the Scamander Eiver, I picked up a specimen of slate in contact with 

 granite. (See specimen No. 1.) Not succeeding in finding the parent 

 rocks in contact, I had to be content to wait till I could obtain further 

 evidence of what I conceived to be the facts of the case, viz., that the 

 granite of this region was eruptive, and consequently of more recent 

 age than the associated sedimentary rocks of older palaeozoic date. 

 The missing link in the geological chain was supplied about six months 

 ago, through blasting operations being carried on in the creek of the 

 Saxelby tin claim, seven miles from George's Bay. Here, then, was 

 brought to light the further evidence required to support the conclu- 

 sions at which I had arrived from an examination of No. 1 specimen, 



