28 

 AUGUST, 1874. 



The monthly evening meeting was held on Tuesday, the 11th August, 

 the Eight Rev. the Lord Bishop of Tasmania in the chair. 



The hon. Secretary (Dr. Agnew) submitted the following returns : — 



1. Visitors to Museum during July, 1,174. 



2. Ditto to Gardens ditto, 2,739. 



3. S^eds received at Gardens — From Captain W. Willett, 22 packets. 



From T. Lidbetter, Esq., Bombay, 32 packets. 



4. Plants supplied from Gardens for the decoration of public places : — 



For the Cornelian Bay Cemetery, 154 plants ; for Government 

 House grounds, 3(5 plants. 

 Meteorological Tables. 



1. Hobart Town — -From F. Abbott, Esq., table for July. 



2. Port Arthur — From J. Coverdale, Esq., ditto. 



3. Mount Nelson — -From the Marine Board, ditto. 



4. King's Island — From ditto, monthly tables, January to June. 



5. Xew Norfolk — From W. E. Shoobridge, Esq., table for July. 



6. Melbourne — From R. J. L. Ellery, Esq., tables for April. 

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



1. From the Lion. Mrs. Du Cane — 10 skins of New Zealand birds. 



2. From Mr. Edward Gates, Richmond — Skin of Kiwi (Apteryx sp. ), 



from New Zealand. 



3. From Mrs Chas. Lamb, Jerusalem — A fine wedge-tailed eagle 



( Aqulla audax) ; spread of wings, 5 feet 7 inches. 



4. From Mr. S. J. Baynton — Specimen of wood completely honey- 



combed by insects. Casts, probably of roots of trees, from the 

 mouth of Cloudy Bay lagoon, South Bruni. 



5. From Mr. C. Headlam, Macquarie River, — A Maned Goose 



(Chlamydoclien jubata) shot in that locality. 



[In reference to this presentation, Mr. Allport remarked that these 

 beautiful birds were lirst noticed on the upper Derwent about eight 

 years ago, and, as numerous examples have been seen since that time, 

 they may now be considered as acclimatised in the colony.] 



The probable range of habitat of the Maned Goose, as given by 

 Gould, extends across the Australian Continent between the 25th and 

 30th degrees of South Latitude. 



6. From Mr. Chas. Hewitt, Connorville, Lake District, a very large 



Native Tiger, ( TJtylacinm cynocephalus). 



7. From J. J. Bayles, Esq., Macquarie River, two specimens of 



the grey Flying Squirrel, (Belideus sciurus). 



8. From R. M. Johnston, Esq., 14 specimens of fossil woods, &c, 



from Launceston, with a paper. 



9. From Mr. E. Hodgson, portion of brick with cement, and two 



specimens of scoria, from Pompeii. 



10. From Captain Copping, 2 specimens of vegetable Ivory. 



11. From Master Bennett, per J. W. Graves, Esq. — A Coromandel 

 Quail (Coturnix Coromandelica). 



12. From W. A. B. Gellibrand, Esq., M.L.C.— Fossil Sharks teeth 

 from the limestone, Oamaru, New Zealand. 



13. From T. B. Clarke, Esq., Quorn Hall — A large Forester Kangaroo 

 (Macrojms major). 



14. From the Trustees, British Museum — Catalogue of Fishes 

 (Giinther), Vol. 2. Ditto (hand list) of Edentata, Thick-skinned 

 and Ruminant Mammals. Hand list of Shield Reptiles. Cata- 

 logue of Hemiptera Heteroptera, parts 6, 7, 8. 



