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JULY, 1874 



The monthly meeting of the Society was held on the 14th July, T. 

 Stephens, Esq., M.A., in the chair. 



The following returns were brought under notice by the Secretary :— 



1. Visitors to Museum during June, 1223. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, ditto, 2108. 



3. Plants, &c. received at Gardens.— From Mr. W. Ball, London, 11 



packets of seeds of Coniferae. — From Captain W. Willet, 115 

 packets of seeds. — From Baron von Mueller, Melbourne, 103 

 packets seeds. 



4. Plants and seeds sent from Society's Gardens during June. — To Mr. 



Brunning, Melbourne, one case assorted plants and seeds ; 26 

 plants 16 packets seeds. — To Melbourne Botanic Gardens, 6 varie- 

 ties of plants and 22 packets seeds. For the Sandy Bay Cemetery, 

 230 plants. — For the Church grounds, E vandal e, 52 plants. 



5. Time of leafing, &c, of a few standard plants in Society's Gardens, 



during June. 



6. Books and Periodicals received. 



7. Presentations to Museum and Library. 

 Meteorological Tables. 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbot, Esq,, table for June. 



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



3. Port Arthur, from J. Coverdale, Esq., ditto May and June. 



4. Mount Nelson, from Marine Board, tables from January to June, 



1874. 



5. Sydney, from the Government Observatory, ditto February and 



March. 



6. Melbourne, from R. J. L. Ellery, Esq., ditto March. 

 The presentations were as follows : — 



1. From Lieut. W. V. Legge, R.A. — 20 prepared skins of Tasmanian 



Birds, as the commencement of a type collection. Sample of a 

 peculiar substance from the heart of a decayed Peppermint Tree. 

 (Eucalyptus amygdalina), with a note. 



2. From Mr. G. Richardson — 1 Half Dollar, and 7 copper coins. 



3. From Mr. C. H. Hall— A Lizard and a large Centipede, from the 



North Island, New Zealand. 



4. From Mrs. Willett — Pebbles from the Diamond Fields, Cape of 



Good Hope. 



5. From Mr. R. Thorpe — Sample of Gold from Port Cygnet, procured 



by himself from a blind creek. [The donor states that small por- 

 tions of gold are found in various localities in the district, in the 

 beds of creek and river courses.] 



6. From Mr. W. Sharland — A species of Cicada, from New Norfolk, 



caught at night, in the month of May. A similar specimen was 

 captured in the same place in May of last year. Specimen of a 

 mineral substance (Obsidian ?) from Hamilton. 



7. From Mr. S. J. Baynton— Sample of Pipeclay from North West 



Bay. Chrysalis cases of various moths. Specimen of Obsidian, 

 &c, from Brown's River. 



8. From Mr. Bellinger, Glenorchy — A collared Sparrow Hawk 



(Accipiter torquatus.) 



9. From Mr. Blythe, Honeywood — A Platypus. 



10. From Mr. Lade, St. Mary's — A chestnut faced Owl (Strix 

 castanops.) 



11. FromT. Cruttenden, Esq. — Jamieson's Mineralogy, 3 vols., bound. 



12. From Mr. Kearney, New Town. — Curious abnormal growth 



(fasciation) of native box (Bursaria spinosa). 



