MAY, 1867. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Fellows was held on Tuesdaj-, the 

 i4th May, J. Barnard, Esq., in the chair. 



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

 the past month : — 



1. Visitors to Museum, 457. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 1925. 



3. J^lants received at Gardens — From the Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, 



75, of which 9 were dead on arrival. 



4. Plants, &c., aent from Gardens — To A. Verschaffelt, Ghent, Belgium, 



7 large Tree Ferns ; to the Sydney Botanic Gardens, 1 case con,- 

 taining 50 Plants, and 330 papers of Seeds. 

 5^ Tench supplied — INIr. Morrison, 12 ; Mr. Strachan, 12. 



6. Books and periodicals received. 



7. Presentations received. 



Meteorological Keturns — Hohart Town, for April ; Port Arthur, for 

 March ; Swansea, for March ; Westbury, for April. 



The Secretary read the usual " Monthly Analysis of the Observatory 

 Eecords, together with those of Births, Deaths, &c.," by E. Swarbreck 

 Hall, Esq. 



The presentations were as follows : — 



1. From the Intercolonial Exhibition Commissioners — Photographrp 



portraits of the last remaining Aborigines of Tasmania, three sets, 

 framed and glazed. Two polished slabs of Musk wood, presented 

 by W. Rout, Esq. A block of Marble from Sorell, presented by 

 Miss Glover. 



2. From M. George Couraud, of Cognac, through Justin Browne, Esq. 



— A large collection of Land and Marine Shells (named) from 

 France. 



3. From Mr. Maddock, Dunrobin — Specimens of Freshwater Shells 



(Tasmanian.) 



4. From J. Barnard, Esq. — A. small box turned from wood of the Blue 



Gum (Eucalyptus globulus,) showing the beauty of the grain. 



A letter was read from Dr. McCarthy, of New Norfolk, enclosing a 

 specimen of an indigenous plant, the berries of which on being eaten had 

 given rise to symptoms of poisoning resembling those induced by Bella- 

 donna. (The plant is the Pimelea drupacea. Natural order, Thymelse.) 



A note from Mr. Calder, containing the following extract from a letter 

 received by him from Bruni Island was read: — "Last week a curious 

 circumstance took place in Simmon's Cove. An immense shoal of small 

 fish of the sprat kind (?) was driven into the cove by larger kinds, such 

 as the Barracouta, King fish, and others, in such numbers that they 

 absolutely sufibcated each other, and drifted ashore in such quantities 

 that you will hardly believe me when I tell you there are at least one 

 hundred tons there, and fully two hundred more at the bottom of the 

 water, all dead. They are now quite putrid, and the smell can be per- 

 ceived fully a mile and a half off. The top of the water is covered with a 

 quantity of oil which has exuded from the dead fish. We are longing for 

 a; high tide to carry them away. Many carts and boats have been at 



