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JULY, 1873. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Society was held on Tuesday, 

 the 8th July, the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Tasmania in the 

 chair. 



The following returns for the month of June were brought under 

 notice : — 



1. Visitors to Museum, 1,243. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 2,599. 



3. Plants, &c., received at and sent from Gardens : — 



a. From Mr. W. Ball, London — 83 packets seeds. 

 h. From Botanic Gardens, Christchurch, New Zealand — One case 

 containing 70 plants. 

 Supplied for planting public places : — 



a. For Church of England grounds, Avoca — 25 plants. 

 h. For Cemetery, Cornelian Bay — 373 plants. 



c. For Church of England grounds, Longford— 123 plants. 



d. For ditto ditto, Bothwell — 114 plants and 48 roses. 



€. For Launceston and Western Railway station — 120 plants. 



4. Times of leafing, &c. , of a few standard plants in Botanic Gardens 



during June. 

 6. Books and periodicals received. 



6. Presentations to Museum. 



7. Meteorological Returns — 



a. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq., table for June. 

 h. Westbury, from F. Belstead, Esq., ditto for May. 



c. Port Arthur, from A. H. Boyd, Esq., ditto for June. 



d. Swansea, from Dr. Story, ditto for April. 



€. Sydney, from the Government observer, printed ditto for March. 



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



1. From Mr. J. Crooke, Ballochmyle — A young Wallaby from the 



pouch. 



2. From Mr. D. McPherson — A young Kangaroo Rat from the pouch. 



3. From Mr. Hissey— A white Rabbit, a Ferret, and a Bantam Hen 



from Mauritius. 



4. From the Trustees of the British Museum, 64 volumes and parts 



of publications on Natural History. 



5. From the Royal Academy of Sciences, Munich, 17 vols., and parts 



of the publications of that institution. 



Presentation No. 4 was examined with great interest by the meeting, 

 the volumes comprising it being of great value as works of reference, 

 many being profusely illustrated by engravings and coloared drawings 

 of admirable execution. 



Presentation No. 5 was particularly noticed, being a prompt and liberal 

 return from the Royal Academy of Sciences, Munich, for copies of the 

 publications of the Royal Society of Tasmania, forwarded last year to 

 that institution. The volumes comprising the presentation range over a 

 period from 1857 to 1871. 



In addition to the above an unusual number of books from various 

 scientific bodies in England were laid before the meeting ; of these 

 the Ray, the Royal Geographical, the Geological, the Linnean, the 

 Zoological Societies, and the Society of Arts may be named. 



The Secretary referring to the notice taken by the last meeting of 

 the Society as to the nature of the implements made use of by our 

 Aborigines, stated that he had received several communications on the 

 subject. After reading extracts from letters from Mr. Robert Gatenby, 



