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AUGUST, 1873. 



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

 I2th August, the Right Rev. Bishop Bromby, D.D., in the chair. 



The following gentlemen, who had j^reviously been nominated by 

 the Council, were balloted for and declared duly elected as Fellows of 

 the Society, viz., Messrs. J. A. Turner and G. H. Latham, of Hobart 

 Town ; and Mr. R. M. Johnston, of Launceston. 



The Secretary (Dr. Agnew), submitted the following returns for the 

 past month : — 



1. Visitors to Museum, 1,166, 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 2, 434. 



3. Plants, &c., sent from Gardens : — 



a. To Mr. G. Brunning, Melbourne— lOOpackets of seeds. 



b. To Mr. W. Bull, London— 60 packets of seeds of indigenous 



plants. 



c. For Church of England grounds, Xew Norfolk— 50 plants. 



d. For St. David's burial ground — 12 plants. 



e. For Friends' ditto — 36 plants. 



4. Plants, &c., received at Gardens : — 



a. From Mr. Brunning, Melbourne— 74 plants, 11 varieties of 



Scions. 

 h. From Royal Gardens, Kew, seeds of Cedrus deodara. 



5. Books and periodicals received. 



6. Presentations to Museum. 



7. Meteorological Returns. 



a. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq.— Table, &c., for July. 

 h. Westbury, from F. Belstead, Esq.— Ditto for June. 



c. Port Arthur, from A. H. Boyd, Esq.— Ditto for July. 



d. Swansea, from Dr. Story — Ditto for June. 



e. Report of Meteorological Office, Dominion of Canada. 

 The presentations were as follows : — ■ 



1. From Mr. J. Watson, Muddy Plains— A Musk Duck [Bizmra lohata). 



2. From Mr. Aldred— A Nankeen Night Heron {Nycticorax cak- 



donicus). 



3. From Dr. Huston— A "Native Companion," or Australian Crane 



{Gi'us audralaskmus). 



4. From Mr. Hissey— Two Shells [Hcdiotis sp). A Silver Pheasant, 



prepared and mounted. 



5. From Mr. T. Askill, Brighton— A Swamp Parakeet {Pezoporm 



formosiis). 



6. From Mr. Gregory — Four young Native Cats {Dasyurus viverrinvs) 



from the pouch. 



7. From Miss Castray— Algte and corallines, from Port Arthur, dried 



and pressed. 



8. "From Mr. D. Girdwood— Fossil Ostrea (?) and Terebratula, from 



Greymouth, New Zealand. 



9. From Mr. F. H. Eckford— Copper Ore, from Yamba, Queensland. 



10. From Mr. Nevin— A piece of Turf, or peat, used for fuel in Ireland, 

 IL From jSIr. Mason — A Fish, from Shipwright's Pomt, Huon. 



12. From Messrs. Cawthorn Bros., Macquarie Plains— A Lamb with 

 eight legs. Two Mountain Thrushes [Oreocinda lunidata). 



13. From Mr. R. M. Johnston. A collection of Fossils, from near 

 Launceston. 



14. From Mr. S. H. Wintle. A number of Mineralogical Specimens 

 from various parts of the colony. Accompanying them was an 

 ** Analysis of a specimen of mineral incrustation from the inside 



