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MAECH, 1867. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Fellows (the first of the present 

 session), was held on Tuesday, the 12th March, T. Giblin, Esq., in the 

 ch^ir. 



Justin McC. Browne, Esq., who had heen previously nominated by the 

 Council, was after a ballot declared duly elected a Fellow of the Society. 



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

 recsived since last meeting : — 



1. Visitors to Museum, January, 610 ; February, 520. 



2. Ditto Gardens, Jan., 2,193; Feb., 1,598. 



3. Plants and seeds sent from gardens : — 



To J. B. Young, Esq., Sydney, 35 plants, and 24 papers seedfil. 



(Plants to be returned in exchange.) 

 To Dr. K. Sohomburgh, Director of Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, 78 



plants, and one bottle seeds. 

 To. M. A. Yerschafi"elt, Ghent, Belgium, 4 Tree Ferns. 



4. Time of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a few standard plants in 



Botanic Gardens. 



6. Books and periodicals received. 



Also Meteorological Eeturns from Hobart Town for January and 

 February, 1867; Port Arthur, for November and December, 1866, and 

 January, 1867 ; Swansea for September, October, November, and Decem- 

 ber, 1866 ; Eoss for September, October, November, and December, 1866 ; 

 and Westbury for November and December, 1866, January and 

 February, 1867. 



The Secretary read the usual analysis of the observatory records, with 

 a health report for February, by E. S. Hall, Esq. 



The presentations to the Museum were as follows : — 



1. From Dr. Agnew, two specimens of Coral. 



2. From M. Allport, Esq., an English Perch (Perca fluviatilisj, caught 



in the "Water Works reservoir. 

 [The English Perch first spawned in Tasmania in the month of 

 October, 1865, and the fish now presented to the Museum is interesting, 

 as having been reared from the spawn then taken. When first hatched 

 the embryo is merely a white line about a quarter of an inch long, and 

 weighing a fractional part of a grain. This fish (twelve months from the 

 time of hatching), illustrates the rapiditj' of growth in suitable waters, it 

 being nearly a quarter of a pound in weight]. 



3. From Captain Clinch, a Spear, a Bow, and six Arrows, from the New 



Hebrides. 



4. From Mr. Crowhurst, a Roman Coin. 



5. From C. Gould, Esq., a very large number of Geological and 



Mineralogical specimens procured by him during the Geological 

 Survey of Tasmania. 

 [These specimens have been arranged by Mr. Gould in the Geological 

 Museum to which they are a valuable addition.] 



