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2. Mr, James Smith, of Westwood, Forth, " in recognition of his rare 

 perseverance and remarkable success in the discovery of Tin at Mount 

 BischofF." 



The Rev. J. Wilkes Simmons and Mr, C, J, Atkins, who had previously 

 been nominated by the Council, were balloted for, and declared duly 

 elected as Fellows of the Society, 



The Hon, Secretary, Mr, Barnard, brought forward the usual returns for 

 the past month, viz. : — 



1. Number of Visitors to Museum : — On Sundays, 437 ; on week days, 



775 ; total, 1,212, 



2. Ditto to Gardens :— Total, 4,470, 



3. Plants, etc., received at Gardens : — From Mr, J. B. Walker, plant of 



Anthocercis Tasmanicus. From Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, 53 

 plants. From Baron von Mueller, bulbs of a species of Crinum ; 

 seeds of Macrozamea Moored. From Mi-, G, Brunning, Melbourne, 

 43 Eoses, From Mr, J. Latham, 30 Roses. From Miss Solly, 5 

 packets seeds. From Messrs. Shepherd, Sydney, 45 plants and 

 24 new varieties of Gladiolus. From Mr. C, F, Creswell, Melbourne, 

 10 plants. 



4. Seeds sent from Gardens : — To Mr. S. Purchase, Parramatta, 50 



packets ; to Messrs. Shepherd and Co., Sj^duey^ 50 ditto. 



5. Periodicals received. 



6. Presentations to Library. 



7. Ditto to Museum, 



Meteorological Returns : — 



1, From Marine Board, Tables from Goose and Swan Islands for 



June, 



2, From the Government Astronomer, Melbourne, Record of Meteoro- 



logical Observations for November and December, 1880, 



3, From Dr. Hector, Meteorological Observations taken in New Zealand 



during the quarter ended March 31 ; Observations taken at Wel- 

 lington from February to June, 1881. 



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

 the Botanic Gardens during July : — 



9th. First Snowdrop, in flower. 



12th. Cytisus leucanthus, commencing to flower. 



15th. Arhutus unedo, ditto. 



18th. Oarrya elliptka, ditto, 



25tli, Yellow Crocus, ditto, 



31st. White Mulberry, buds bursting, 



31st, White Hyacinth, commencing to flower, 



31st. Almond, ditto. 



The presentations to the Museum and Library were as follow : — 



1. From the Hon, W. A. B, Gellibrand, M,L,C.— A Native Tiger (Thy- 



lacinvs cynocephahisj. 



2. From Mr. Maurice Weston, per Mr. Curzon Allport. — A White Hawk 



(Leucospka Novce-Hollandke. ) 



3. From Mr. Conrad, per Mr. G. Thureau. — An immense Claw of a Crab, 



from the West Coast. 



4. From Mr. W, Aikenhead, Launcestou. — Specimen of Copper Pyrites, 



from the Rising Sun claim, Beaconsfield, Silver-Lead Ore, from 

 Mount Claude. 



5. From the Rev. H, E, Drew, — A Young Turtle, from the Great Barrier 



Reef. 



6. From Professor Ward, Rochester, United States. — Twenty-six Casts 



of Fossils, named and mounted. 



