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SEPTEMBER, 1873. 



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

 the 9th September, M. Allport, Esq., V.P., in the chair. 



The following gentlemen, who had previously been nominated by the 

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

 Society. 



1. Dr. John Agardh, of Lund, Sweden, (corresponding member). 



2. Josh. J. Clarke, Esq., of Tremayne, Hobart Town. 



The following returns for the past month were brought under notice, 

 riz. : — 



1. Visitors to Museum, 1,331. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 3,503. 



3. Plants and seeds received at Gardens — From Mr. G. Brunning, 



Melbourne, 60 plants. From C. Huber, France, 13 packets 

 seeds. From the Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, 60 varieties of 

 ornamental trees and shrubs. 



4. Plants, &c., sent from Gardens — To the Acclimatisation Society, 



Canterbury, New Zealand, 80 packets seeds. For the Church of 

 England Grounds, Richmond, 136 plants. For ditto ditto at 

 Green Ponds, 101 plants. For St. David's Burial Ground, 48 

 plants. 



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



6. Books and Periodicals received. 



7. Presentations to Museum. 



8. Specimens sent to Dr. Haast for the Museum, Christchurch, New 



Zealand. 

 Meteorological Tables. 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq. — Table for August. 



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



3. Port Arthur, from A. H. Boyd, Esq.— Ditto. 



4. Sydney, New South Wales, from the Government Astronomer — 



Printed tables for May. 



5. From the Hobart Town Marine Board — Monthly tables from January 



to July, inclusive, from the following stations in Tasmania — 

 Mount Nelson, Bruni Island Lighthouse, Swan Island ditto, 

 Goose Island ditto, and Kent's Group ditto. 

 The presentations were as follows : — 



1. From R. Gatenby, Esq., Macquarie River — A very large specimen 



of the Wombat ( Phascolomys loomhat.) 



2. From J. Swan, Esq.— Two Fish. 



3. From Mr. lies, SoreU — A very large egg of the domestic goose, 



weighing 11| ounces. 



4. From Mr. Baynton, a fossil (cast of Euomphalus) from Brown's 



River. 



5. From Mr. Cartwright — A Hen's egg curiously malformed. 



6. From C. M.-S. Chichester, Esq. — A specimen of EUiott's Volute 



( Voluta Elliottl ) 

 [This beautiful shell was pointed out as being a very acceptable pre- 

 sentation, both for its rarity and because it completed a pair with one 

 already in the possession of the Society.] 



7. From Mr. B. O'Neil Wilson — A volume of Faulkner's Dublin 



Journal, 1738. 



8. From the Hon. Charles Meredith — 5 Leases by the early Governors 



of Tasmania, 1810 to 1818. 



9. From Captain Dart, of the Sapphire — Part of Skeleton of a large 



Turtle, head of Tunny, two birds (one a Curlew) caught four 

 hundred miles at sea. 



