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OCTOBER, 1873. 



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

 13th Oct. ; the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Tasmania in the chair. 



The following new members were balloted for, and declared duly 

 elected, viz., Miss Davis and Miss Gellibrand, of Hobart Town ; Messrs. 

 \Vm. Bedford, of Bothwell, W. E. Shoobridge, of New Norfolk, and J. 

 Bidencope, of Hobart Town. 



The Secretary laid before the meeting the following returns : — 



1. Visitors to Museum during September, 1,549. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 2,940. 



3. Seeds received at Gardens. 



4. Books and Periodicals received. 



5. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorological Returns — 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq., table for September. 



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



3. New Norfolk, from W. E. Shoobridge, Esq., ditto, August and 



September. 



4. Swansea, from Dr. G. F. Story, ditto August. 



5. Westbury, from F. Belstead, Esq., ditto September. 



6. From the Hobart Town Marine Board, monthly tables received 



from the lighthouses, &c., viz. : — 

 (a) King's Island (observer, Mr. A. N. Spong), January to June, 



1873. 

 (bj Swan Island (observer, Mr. C. C. Baudinet), August and 

 September. 



(c) Goose Island (observer, Mr. R. H. Napper), August and 

 September. 



(d) Kent's Group (observer, Mr. T. Morgan), August. 



(e) 'Mountl>lehoii (observer, Mr. J. Z)?(^?/j, August and September. 



7. Melbourne, from R. J. Ellery, Esq., Government Astronomer, 



printed tables for April. 



8. Sydney, from H. C. RusseU, Esq., B.A., Government Astronomer, 



table for May. 



[In the above returns observations for New Norfolk will be noticed 

 for the first time. They have been kindly undertaken by Mr. W. E. 

 Shoobridge, and will be regularly furnished to the Society, ] 



The presentations to the Museum and Library were as follows : — 



1. From Captain Fenton. — A young native Tiger ( Thylac'mus cyno- 



cephalus). 



2. From the Rev. J. W. Simmonds. — A specimen of Tin from the 



smelting works of Bolitho and Co., Penzance, Cornwall. 



3. From Miss Hissey — A sparrow, prepared and mounted. 



4. From Mr. C. A. Glover, Sorell — Eight Tasmanian shells, viz., 2 

 fine specimens of -4 na^ma s/)., 2 specimens of A. Tasmanica, two 

 valves of PJioIas sp., &c. 



5. From Jas. Scott, Esq., M.H.A.— A large number of stone imple- 

 ments of Tasmanian aborigines, from Mount Morriston. 



6. From J. E. Calder, Esq. — Two skulls of Forester Kangaroo. 

 (Macropus major. ) 



7. From F. C. Hull, Esq. — Iron ore from Southport, four limestone 

 fossils from Tolosa, O'Brien's Bridge. 



8. From Dr. Agnew — Chambers's Encyclopoedia, complete, 10 vols. 



9. From S. Hannaford, Esq. — A remarkable abnormal form of a 

 common Tasmanian plant, Tetratheca pilosa, caused apparently by 

 a number of stems having become fused together. 



The Secretary prefaced the reading of the following letter by referring 



