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NOVEMBER, 1874 



The monthly evening meeting was held on Tuesday, the 10th Novem- 

 ber, T. Giblin, Esq., in the chair. A greater number of Fellows than 

 usual were present, owing to the circumstance that Professor Harkness 

 (of the American Transit of Venus expedition) had promised to offer a 

 few remarks on the object of the expedition. Mr. Waldo and the other 

 members of the American party were also present. 



Messrs. W. V Morriss and R. L. Davies, who had previously been 

 nominated by the Council, were balloted for and declared duly elected 

 Fellows of the Society. 



The Hon. Secretary (Dr. Agnew) submitted the usual returns for 

 the past month, viz. : — 



I. Visitors to Museum — 1,665. 

 • 2. Ditto to Gardens— 2,968. 



3. Seeds sent from Gardens : — To the Royal Gardens, Kew — One 



packet blue gum seed. To Mr. Wm. Bull, London — One ditto. 

 To Mr. E. B. Heyne, Adelaide— One ditto. 



4. Plants and seeds received at Gardens : — From the Acclimatisation 



Society, Brisbane, Queensland — Fourteen packets seeds. From 

 Mr. C. Hollinsdale, Hobart Town — Ninety-eight packets of im- 

 ported seeds. From Mons. Ch. Huber, Hyeres, France — Twelve 

 packets seeds. From Mr. J. Latham, Hobart Town — Sixty-eight 

 packets imported seeds. From Mons. J. Linden, Ghent, Belgium 

 — One case of Plants, per Ethel, principally Palms and Orchids, 

 of which about 40 were alive on arrival. From Baron von Mueller 

 — One packet of seeds. From Mr. R. M. Johnston, Launceston 

 — Two specimens of Gymnogramma. 



5. Time of leafing, flowering, &c, of a few standard plants in Botanic 



Gardens. 



6. Books and Periodicals received. 



7. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorological Tables — 



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



October. 



2. New Norfolk, from W. E. Shoobridge, Esq. — Table for October. 



3. Port Arthur, from J. Coverdale, Esq. — Ditto. 



4. From the Marine Board — King's Island : tables for July, August, 



and September. Swan Island : ditto for September and October. 



5. From R. J. L. Ellery, Esq. — Monthly record of Observations 



taken at Melbourne Observatory on Meteorology, Terrestrial 

 Magnetism, &c. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follows : — 



1. From Mr. J. W. Graves — a packet of musket ball-cartridges found 



in pulling down old St. David's Church. 



2. From Mr. H. Otick — a Fossil ( Rhynconella) from Maske by the sea, 



Yorkshire, England. 



3. From the Salmon Commissioners — A Smolt ( Salmo solar), said to 



have been caught at Sandy Bay. 



4. From Sir Robert Officer — a young Brown Trout, caught from 



among a shoal proceeding down the race at the breeding ponds, 

 River Plenty. 



5. A Spear, Boomerang and Waddie, from Queensland. 



