EOYAL SOCIETY. 



MARCH, 1873. 



The monthly meeting of the Society was held on Tuesday, the 11th 

 March, M. Allport, Esq., V. P., in the chair. 



The Hon. Secretbary (Dr. Agnew) brought under notice the following 

 monthly returns : — 



1. Visitors to Museum during February, 1,358. 



2. Ditto to Gardens ditto, 3,844. 



3. Plants, &c., received at Gardens — From Messrs. Low, London, 



46 varieties of fruit and ornamental tree scions, of which 37 were 

 alive on arrival. From Mons. Ch. Huber, Hyeres, France — One 

 box containing seeds of Quercus suber, Quercus virens, Quercus, 

 SBgilops, and twelve packets of flower seeds. 



4. Plants sent from Gardens — To Mons. A. Verschaffelt, Ghent, 



Belgium, 23 Tree Ferns. 



5. Time of leafing, flowering, &c., of a few standard plants during 



February. 



6. Books and periodicals received. 



7. Presentations to Museum. 



Meteorological Returns. 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq., tables for January and 



February. 



2. Port Arthur, from A. H. Boyd, Esq., ditto for January. 



3. Westbury, from F. Belstead, Esq., ditto, ditto. 



4. Swansea, from Dr. G. Story, ditto November and December, 



1872. 



5. Melbourne, from R. J. L. Ellery, Esq. Printed ditto for November 



and December, 1872. 



6. New South Wales, from H. C. Eussell, Esq., B. A. —Tables from 



Sydney and other stations for October, November, and December, 

 1872. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follow : — 



1. From H. S. Lewes, Esq., Geelong, 3 shields, 3 boomerangs, 2 



throwing sticks, 3 clubs, 3 waddies, and 13 spears of Aborigines 

 of Lower Murray, Victoria. A net made by Aboriginal women 

 at Protector's Camp. 

 [These weapons were procured by Mr. Lewes at considerable trouble 

 and expense expressly for this Museum. ] 



2. From Lieut, W. V. Legge, R.A. — Five bottles containing a col- 



lection of Ceylon Reptiles (named. ) 



3. From Master J. Colvin — A Bomb Lance, as used for killing whales. 



4. From Captain McArthur — Fragments of a Bomb Lance after 



explosion. 



5. From Mr. Arthur Clarke, Malahide — Stone Axe of Tasmanian 



Aborigines. 

 [A very fine and exceptionally large specimen of these instruments, 

 measuring 9 inches in length by 5^ inches in breadth.] 



6. From E. A. Walpole, Esq. — A hollow spherical mass of Iron Ore 



from Hope Island, Port Esperance. 

 [In a note accompanying this presentation Mr. Walpole remarks, 



