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JUNE, 1881. 



The usual monthly meeting of the Society was held on Tuesday, the 

 14th June, Mr. T. Stephens, vice-president, 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., Messrs, Cecil J. Parsons, Frederick Mace, and Charles 

 C. Nairn. 



The Secretary brought under notice the following returns for the month 

 of May, viz.: — 



1. ^Number of Visitors to Museum — On Sundays, 476 ; on week days, 

 610 ; total, 1,086. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, total 4,029. 



3. Plants and Seeds received at Gardens : — From Mr. C. F. Creswell, 



Melbourne, Palm seeds from Lord Howe's Island, and 50 

 plants. From Mr. J. Sangwell, Melbourne, 48 Ferns. From Mr. 

 Wm. Bull, London, 30 packets seeds. From Mr. J. T. Duthie, Super- 

 intendent Botanic Gardens, Saharanpur, N.W. Province, India, 

 seven varieties of seeds of Coniferse. From Mr. J. Latham, 

 Liverpool-street, 30 packets imported seeds. From Baron Ferd. 

 von Mueller, 3 packets seeds. 



4. Plants, etc., sent from Gardens : — To Messrs. Shepherd and Co., 



Sydney, 1 box Bulbs, various. To Mr. C. F. Creswell, Melbourne, 

 1 ditto ditto. To the Horticultural Gardens, Melbourne, 1 ditto. 

 To Melbourne Botanic Gardens, 1 case of plants and Sphagnum 

 Moss. To Lieut, James, H.I.J.M. ship Kivijio, 25 packets seeds. 

 To Captain Fukushima, of the same ship, 50 ditto ditto. 



5. Tench supplied : — To the Acclimatisation Society, Geelong, 132 fish. 

 Meteorological Eeturns. 



1. From the Marine Board : — Tables from Mount Nelson and South 



Bruny for May, 



2, From Mr, D. C. Purdy : — Tables from Macquarie Harbour for March 



and April. 

 Time of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a few Standard Plants in 

 the Botanic Gardens during May, 1881 : — 

 10th. Medlars commencing to ripen. 

 21st. Photinia serrulata, commencing to flower. 

 23rd. Diosma alba, ditto. 

 28th. Ailanthus, leaves aU shed. 



30tli. Spircea yrunifoUa j^la^no, commencing to flower. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follow : — 



1. From Mr. H. A. Ward, Eoch ester, New York: — Skin of fox prepared 



for mounting. Cast of Upper Silurian Fossil ( Homalonotus del- 

 phinocephalus). 



2. From the Exhibition Commissioners : — Specimens of Minerals, Models 



of Fruit, etc., etc. 



3. From His ExceUency Sir J. H. Lefroy, C,B., K,C,M,G., etc. :— A 



framed portrait of Captain Cook, 



The Chairman exhibited some specimens of the rocks of Port Cygnet, 

 together with rolled pebbles from the drift of the Huon Valley, which 

 had been forwarded to the Museum ; and remarked that the latter were 

 representatives of rocks not now found in situ within the settled dis- 

 tricts of the south, and that with reference to the question of the auri- 

 ferous capabilities of Port Cygnet there Avas not yet much that could be 

 added to the information already communicated to the Society, 



The Hon. Secret.vry read a paper contributed by Professor E. Tate, 

 Assoc, Linn, Soc, F.G.S., " On Type Species of Tasmanian Shells, unre- 

 corded in the ' Census of Tasmanian Shells.' " 



The Chairman read, "Notes on a species of Zierla (Z. veronica)" by 

 Augustus Simson, F.L.S., with its identification by Baron von Mueller. 



