MAT, 1873. 



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

 the 13th May, J. Barnard, Esq., in the chair. 



In the absence of Dr. Agnew, Mr. M. Allport acted as Secretary. 



Messrs. A. Hopkins and J. W. Briant, who had previously been 

 nominated by the Council, were, after a ballot, declared duly elected 

 Fellows of the Society. 



The following returns were brought under notice : — 



1. Visitors to Museum during April, 1408. 



2. Ditto to Gardens ditto, 2,843. 



3. Plants received at and sent from Gardens 



4. Time of leafing, &c. , of a few standard plants in Society's Gardens. 



5. Books and periodicals received. 



6. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorological Returns — 



1. HobartTown, from F. Abbott, Esq.— Table, &c., for April. 



2. Westbury, from F. Belstead, Esq. — Ditto for March. 



3. Swansea, from Dr. Story — Ditto for February. 



4. Melbourne, from R. J. L. Ellery, Esq. — Printed tables for 



February. 



5. Sydney, fromH. C. Russell, Esq. — Ditto. 



6. New Zealand, from Dr. Hector — Ditto July to December, 1872. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follow : — 



1. From Mr. Inches, Shipwright's Point — A specimen of fossiliferous 



limestone from that locality. 



2. From Mr. Stewart, New Town — Two butterfly gurnards. 



3. From Mr. Miles— Sample of oil from " Cowfish " {Delphhms sp.) 



4. From the Rev. D. Freeman — Specimens of Prawns obtained about 



three miles at sea off the mouth of Lyttelton harbour, New 



Zealand. 

 [In reference to this presentation the donor states that when leaving 

 Lyttelton harbour the vessel in which he was a passenger sailed during 

 a whole day through masses of these crustaceans — the water being 

 literally alive with them — so that they could readily be captured by 

 dipping a bucket over the ship's side ; and had a suitable net been 

 available an enormous quantity might easily have been taken. To all 

 appearance they are identical in species with specimens taken at various 

 times from the stomachs of fish caught in Tasmanian waters]. 



5. From Mr. J. Newman. — A very large species of Mantis, from 



Adelaide. 



6. Bark of Paper Bark Tree [Melaleuca sp.) 



7. From Mr. T. G. Kearney, Coal River. — A RoseUa Parrot un- 



usually marked. 



8. From Mr. L. Young, Howrah. — A Kingfisher [Halcyon sanctus.) 



9. From Mr. Luckman, Clarence Plains, a white-fronted Falcon 



(Falco lumdatus) of an unusual colour. 



10. From Mr. Stopford. — A curious excrescence on a root of Black 

 Wattle. 



11. From J. Forster Esq.— Samples of Tin Ore &c., from Mount 

 Bischoff, Tasmania. 



12. From Captain Tyson. — A box, used as a Bee hive, fiUed with 

 honeycomb. 



13. From Mr. Simpson. An exploded Bomb Lance, and the ear- 

 bone of a Whale, found on Bird Island. 



14. From the Ven. Archdeacon Davies, specimens of Coal and Iron 

 Ore, from Rostrevor, Spring Bay. 



15. From Mr. Gill, Rheban. — The bony palate of an Angel Ray. 



