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JUNE, 1874. 



The usual monthly evening meeting was held on Tuesday, the 9th 

 June, J. Barnard, Esq., in the chair. 



The following new members were ballotted for, and declared duly 

 elected, viz., E. Shoobridge, Esq., E. H. Butler, Esq., and Miss Cowle. 



The Secretary submitted the usual returns for the months of April 

 and May, viz. : — 



1. Visitors to Museum, April 1074, May 839. 



2. Visitors to Garden, April 3472, May 3014. 



3. Plants and seeds received at Gardens during April. 



4. Time of leafing, &c, of a few standard plants in Botanic Gardens. 



5. Books and Periodicals received. 



6. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorological Tables — 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq. — Tables for April and May. 



2. New Norfolk, from W. E. Shoobridge, Esq. — Ditto ditto. 



3. Swansea, from Dr. Story. — Ditto February and March. 



4. Melbourne, from R. J. L. Ellery, Esq. — Ditto for December 1873, 

 and January and February 1874. 



5. Sydney, from H. C. Russell, Esq. — Ditto for January. 



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



1. From Mr. S. H. Wintle. — A collection of mineral specimens from 



Mount BischofF and Mount Ramsay ; also a specimen of crystallized 

 Carboniferous Limestone, from the back of Mount Nicholas. 

 [Accompanying these presentations were two explanatory notes from 

 the donor.] 



2. From Mr. J. Bar wick. — An Albino variety of the common Opossum. 



3. From Mr. Weeding, Oatlands. — A Native Devil. (Sarcopliilus 



ursinus. ) 



4. From Mr. Cox. — An Albino variety of the Quail. 



[Another bird of a perfectly black colour was shot from the same 

 covey, but very unfortunately was not sent to the Museum.] 



5. From Mr. B. Sarsfield. — A Kingfisher. (Alcyone azurea.) 



6. From Mr. Laughton. — Samples of an umberlike substance, occur- 



ring in great quantities at Cascades. (With a note.) 



7. From Mr. Calder. — A specimen of lithographic stone, from Bruni 



Island, with a drawing and an impression taken from it. (With a 

 note.) 



8. Specimen of a long thread-like worm, probably a species of Gordhis, 



found three feet from the surface in digging a drain in moist 

 ground, at the Horse-shoe^Bend, Jerusalem Road. 

 [This specimen, which was living when received, measured 2ft. 3in. 

 in length, its thickness being about equal to that of fine whipcord.] 



9. From Mr. C. H. Hall. — Sample of tin ore from the Mount Bischoff 



Tin Company's ground. 



10. From the Hon. John Lord, Esq., M.L.C. — A fine sample of 



angora goat hair, from animals bred in the colony. 



11. From Dr. Agnew — A series of eleven diagrams of natural history, 

 mounted on rollers ; Gould's " Handbook of Australian Birds," 2 

 vols., bound; Lyell's "Elements of Geology," 1 vol., bound. 



12. From L. R. Castray, Esq. — A specimen of dolomite from the 

 Government Quarry, Park-street. 



13. From Lady Dry. — Two fossil Echhioderrnata and three specimens 

 of nummulitic limestone from Egypt. 



[The Secretary mentioned that Lady Dry had herself picked up 

 these beautiful specimens at the base of the Great Pyramid, and had 

 forwarded them direct from Malta. ] 



