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Quartz from the "New Chum," ''West Chum," and "Golden 

 Era" companies claims, Lefroy; and Tasmania Co., Beaconsfield. 

 Tin ore from Cumberland Co., West Coast ; and from Ben 

 Lomond Co., Ben Lomond. 



21. From Mr. C, C. Nairn. Specimen of Fossil Wood, from railway 

 cutting, Jerusalem. 



22. From Masters G. Stewart and B. Edwards. Nests and Eggs of 

 Tasmanian Birds. 



23. From Mr. R. B, Sheridan, Maryborough, Queensland. Specimen 



of the peculiar fish, Ceratodus Forsteri, from the Burnett Iliver. 



24. From Mr. Terry, Lachlan, New Norfolk. A Cormorant (Phala- 

 crocorax carhoides), unusually marked. 



25. From His Excellency Lieut. -General Sir J. H. Lefroy, C B., 

 K.C.M.G., F.R.S. A handsomely framed portrait of Admiral 

 Sir James Ross, R.N. Also, a specimen of a fossil (Sanqidno- 

 Utes Etheridgei?) from the excavation at the New Battery, 

 Kangaroo Point. 



27. From Mr. T. Stephens. Specimen of Eucalyptus cordata. 



[Ill reference to specimens of Eucalyptus cordata, which had been 

 forwarded to the Museum by Mr. Richard Hill, of Hospital Bay, and 

 were on the table for the inspection of the Fellows, Mr. Stephens 

 remarked that this interesting tree, discovered and described long ago, 

 had been lost to sight for more than forty years. It was originally re- 

 ported as a denizen of Ptecherche Bay by the French expedition under 

 Labillardicre ; and long afterwards, in Sir John Franklin's time, it 

 was found by Sir Joseph Hooker and the late Mr. Ronald Gunn "in 

 the Huon district," no precise locality having been recorded. From 

 that time to the present it appears to have eluded the search of 

 botanists ; and it was only in October last that, in ans\ver to repeated 

 enquiries, specimens were at last obtained from Recherche Bay, but 

 without flower or fruit. A few weeks later it was found by Mr. Hill, 

 on the Huon road, probably on the same spot where it was last seen.] 

 Shortly after the date of this communication Eucalyptus cordata was 

 found by Mr. Stephens and Mr. Abbott on the foot hills of Mount Wel- 

 lington near the Huon road, within five miles of Hobart. 



28. From Mr, C. E. Beddome. Specimens of two new Marine Shells 

 (Ddphlnula Jolinstoni, and Leda Lefroyi), dredged off Three Hut 

 Point, D'Entrecasteaux Channel, with descriptive notes. 



Mr. Stephens said that the Royal Society could not meet for the first 

 time since the death of the late Mr. Ronald Gunn without paying a 

 passing tribute (a more formal record being reserved for a future occa- 

 sion) to the memory of one whose name was intimately associated with 

 its earliest history. From the time of his arrival Mr. Gunn's name ap- 

 pears associated with every early attempt to cultivate a knowledge of the 

 natural products and resources of the colony : in the department of 

 Botany he was one of the first pioneers, and for many years stood almost 

 alone. As a genial and kindly companion and friend, ready at all times 

 to place his stores of general and special information at the service of 

 any one interested in his favourite studies, he would long be remembered 

 by those who had, if only for a brief period, the advantage of his ac- 

 quaintance ; while as an explorer of some of the wildest parts of Tas- 

 mania, at a time when settlement in the north-western and western 

 districts had not yet begun, he had rendered important service to the 

 colony, and had had few to rival him since for indomitable enerj:^y and 

 fertility of resources. As one of the founders of the Royal Society his 

 name would always be held in honour in this place. 



His Excellency, the President, then read the opening address. 



Mr. R. M. Johnston, F.L.S., read an elaborate and carefully prepared 



