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JULY, 1867. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Fellows was held at the Musenm 

 on Tuesday, the 9th July, Hia Excellency Colonel Gore Browne, Presi- 

 dent, in the chair. 



The Secretary, Dr. Agnew, laid on the table the following returns for 

 the past month : — 



1. Visitors to Museum, 577. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 837. 



3. Plants, &c., received at Gardens.— From A. Verschaffelt, Ghent, 



Belgium, 14 species of seeds. From Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, 

 6 plants. From Mr. E. Henderson, Sydney, 22 plants. From A. 

 Verschaffelt, 92 plants, of which 42 were dead on arrival, and 20 

 Achimenes, of which about one third may recover. 



4. Plants, &c., sent from Gardens. — To Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 40 



plants. To Messrs. Grant and McMiUan, Melbourne, 10 varieties 

 of colonial seeds. 



5. Plants supplied for the Decoration of Public Places. — To Campbell 



Town Church, 36 plants. To Colonel Chesney, for entrance to 

 Domain, 37 plants. To Launceston Gardens, 2 plants. 



6. Tench supplied, 12. 



7. Time of leafing, flowering, &c., of a few standard plants in Gardens. 



8. Presentations to Museum. 



9. Periodicals received. 

 Meteorological Eeturns. 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq. — Table, &c., for June. 



2. Port Arthur, from J. Boyd, Esq.— Table for May. 



3. Swansea, from Dr. Story. — Tables for April and May. 



4. Westbury, from F. B3lstead, Esq. — Table for June. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follows : — 



1. From the Salmon Commissioners, a large male Trout, which had 



been reared from ova imported from England. 

 This fish, which was found dead in the Kiver Plenty, measured 19^ 

 inches in length, and weighed 3|lbs. The cause of death was supposed to 

 be injuries received in fighting with other male Trout — a common circum- 

 stance at the spawning season. 



2. From H. Hull, Esq., two bones, and rings of trachea of Moa ; a collec- 



tion of human bones, and three specimens of stalactites from sand- 

 stone and limestone caves an the River Waiau, Southland, New 

 Zealand. 

 The Secretary observed that the human bones in this presentation were 

 those of an adult and two children. They were quite recent, and were 

 found on the surface of the floor of the cave, while the bones of the Moa 

 were covered with soil, which had to be cleared away in order to expose 

 them. 



3. From the Australian Museum, Sydney, 30 species American fresh- 



water shells. Two casts of upper and lower jaws of Nototherium 

 from Darling Downs, New South Wales. 



4. From Mr. Coe, a young specimen of the Brush Bronze-wing Pigeon 



(Feristerti elegans) . 



