that before being broken into it was " without fissure or pore, etill on 



penetration to our surprise the cavity was full of water," &c.*] 



7. From Mr. Hissey — 12 Specimens of Hdix sydneycnsis. 



8. From Mr. F. L. Wilson— Samples of Epsom Salts and Common 



Salt from rocks and caves at Mount Nassau, Bridgewater. 



9. From Mr. C. ,Eady, Elizabeth-street — A Parrot, said to be from Fiji. 



10. From the Rev. J. Hutchison — Nine specimens of Pottery manu- 

 factured by the Fijian women. 



[In reference to this interesting series the Rev. J. Hutchison re- 

 marks : — "They are chiefly drinking vessels and cooking pots made 

 by a very simple process which I had the good hap to witness on 

 one of the remote Islands of the Group. They are manufactured by 

 the women from a reddish clay tempered with sand. The only imple- 

 ments employed are a light mallet, a round smooth stone, and a small 

 cushion, and yet you will notice that the outlines are nearly as true 

 as if made with European appliances. The figures on the surface 

 are traced with a shell while the vessels are still plastic, and after being 

 exposed for a few days to the sun, the articles are baked by surrounding 

 them with some light combustible, such as dried grass, which is set 

 on fire and renewed till they are sufficiently hardened. While yet 

 hot they are rubbed over with the resin of a species of pine, which 

 makes, as you will see, a very good enamel.] 



11. From Mr. W. Barclay — 16 old Promissory Notes of the early 

 days of the colony (1823, &c.) 



12. From Mr. T. Priest — A Promissory Note for 50 guineas, London, 



1809. 



13. From H. M. Hull, Esq. — A sample of Queensland grown Sugar. 



14. From J. W. Brown, Esq., Mining Surveyor — Specimen of 



Serpentine with veins of Asbestos, from Ilfracombe. 



15. From T. Giblin, Esq.— Sample of Tin Ore from Mount Bischoff, 

 Tasmania. 



16. From Tasmanian Mineral Exploration Company — A sample of 

 Tin Ore from Cape Barren Island. 



17. From Mrs. Maclaine, Clarke's Island — A collection of Algse and 

 Corallines. 



18. From Captain J. Macarthur — Figure Head of a New Zealand 

 Canoe. 



19. From Lieutenant Festing, H.M.S.S. Blanche — Two eggs of 

 Megapodium brazier i, from New Britain — Six Shells (2 Cyp'ea 

 mappa, 2 Valuta ruckeri, 1 Conus betidina, 2 Cyprea testudinaria. ) 



20. From C. Belstead, Esq. — A Land Rail ( Hypotcenklia pthUlipensis) 

 prepared and mounted. 



[The Chairman remarked that this bird was our representative of the 

 Corncrake of Europe, but was far superior to its European congener in 

 beauty of plumage, as could be seen by the very fine specimen before the 

 meeting.] 



21. From Mr. 0. H. Hedberg— A Twopenny piece, George III, 

 1797. 



22. From Master Elliott Lewis— A Pouched Lamprey. 



23. From R. Gatenby Esq., Macquarie River— Two tanned skins of 

 Native Tigers, (Thylacinus cynocephalus. ) Skin of Owl (Utrix 

 delicaiulus.J 



*A note from Mr. T. Stephens stated that this hollow nodule of iron appeared 

 to have been fori-ned, after the usual manner of concretionary deposits, from 

 the local decomposition of a trap rock, which contains in places a large per- 

 centage of iron, and is in other respects very unlike the rocks of a similar 

 class in the Port Esperance District. 



