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JUNE, 1873. 



The monthly evening meeting was held on Tuesday, the 10th 

 June, M. AUport, Esq., in the chair. 



The following gentlemen, who had previously been noarinated by 

 the Council, were, after a ballot, declared duly elected as Fellows 

 of the Society, viz. : — R,. Brough Smyth, Esq., Secretary for Mines, 

 Melbourne (corresponding member) ; and C. J. Barclay, Esq., Hobart 

 Town. 



The Hon. Secretary brought under notice the following returns for 

 the past month : — 



1. Visitors to Museum, 1,223. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 2,203. 



3. Time of leafing, &c, , of a few standard plants in Botanic Gardens. 



4. Books and Periodicals received. 



5. Presentations to Museum, &c. 



Meteorological Returns — For Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq., and 



Port Arthur from A. H. Boyd, Esq., tables for May. 

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



1. From the Home Government — Asuit of steel armour (16th century). 



2. From Mr. A. Dowling — A specimen of carbonate of Lime incrus- 



tation on Moss, from Tunbridge. 



3. From Mr. J. J. Low, Richmond — Specimens of Stream Tin with 



gold, &c., from El Dorado, Beechworth, Victoria. 



4. From the Hon. C. ^lei'edith — A sample of Stream Tin, and two 



specimens of tin ore from jMount Bischoflf. 



5. From Mr. F. L. Piguenit— Two butterfly Gurnards. 



6. From Mr. Hedberg — A harpoon much twisted, taken from a whale 



killed by the boats of the Maid of Erin. 



7. From Mr. R. Gatenby, Macquarie River — Two snakes, a lizard 



with double tail, a specimen of Gordius aquations, and a female 

 native tiger ( Thylacinus cynocepliahis). 



8. From Mr. Flexmore — A kingfisher (Alcyone azurea). 



9. From the Rev. G. Clarke — A copy of Roscoe's Spectrum Analysis ^ 



1 vol., bound. 



10. From Mr. J. Buckland — A Russian copper coin. 



11. From Mr. H. Hull, jun. — Seven coins (6 copper and 1 bronze.) 

 The Secretary directed the special attention of the meeting to the 



very interesting presentation No. 1. It was a complete suit of the 

 Armour of a Man at Arms, of the date of the 16th century. The 

 fact of its having been presented by the British Government was 

 a sufficient proof that it was genuine, and that its age was correctly 

 determined. A despatch to His Excellency the Governor, from the 

 Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in reference to the 

 Armour, was read. 



The specimens of Tin Ore (presentation No. 4) having been examined 

 with great attention by the meeting, the Hon. C. Meredith observed 

 that it might be of interest to know he had himself obtained them 

 on the spot when recently on a visit to Mount Bischoff. He had 

 obtained other and much finer specimens, but these he had forwarded 

 to Sydney. There they were regarded with the greatest interest, 

 because their mass and general appearance indicated they were taken 

 from a solid lode, or vein of ore. In this respect they were different 

 from specimens of tin he had seen from New South Wales or Queens- 

 land, which were always waterworn and in the form of granules. At 

 Mount Bischofi" there had been apparently an upheaval or outburst 

 of the ore, and extraordinary expectations had been formed as to the 

 value of the discovery. He did not think, however, that this would 



