12 

 AUGUST, 1878. 



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

 12th August, T. Stephens, Esq., M.A., in the chair. 



The Hon. W. McLeay, F.L.S., of Sydney, who had previously been 

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

 as a corresponding Member. 



The Hon. Secretary, Dr. Agnew, submitted the usual returns, etc., for 

 the month of July, viz. : — 



1. Number of visitors to Museum, 2,623. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 4,473. 



3. Plants and seeds received at Gardens from Baron F. von Miieller, 



Melbourne : — 450 packets seeds, chiefly of European herbaceous 

 plants, from Mr. J. F. Duthie, Superintendent of Botanic Gardens, 

 Saharunpore, India ; a collection of seeds, principally N. W. 

 Himalayian, from Mr. H. J. King, superintendent. Royal Botanic 

 Gardens, Howrah, Calcutta, two pounds weight of Cedrus deodar 

 seed.— From Messrs. Shephernd and Co., Sydney, 60 plants. From 

 Dr. Hector, Wellington, New Zealand, 9 packet's seeds. 



4. Plants and seeds sent from Gardens : — To Messrs, Shepherd and Co., 



Sydney, one bundle plants and seeds. 



5. Plants supplied for decoration of public places :— For St. Mary's 



Cathedral grounds, 50 plants. For Horton College, Ross, 50 do. 

 For Railway Reserve, Domain, 20 do. For Church grounds, Pros- 

 ser's Plains, 50 do. For General Hospital, Hobart Town, 106 

 varieties of plants. For Cascades Invalid Depot, 40 trees and 

 shrubs. For Church of England, Hamilton, 50 plants. 



6. Books and Periodicals received. 



7. Presentation to Library. 



8. Ditto to Museum. 



9. Meteorologiccd Returns — 



(a) Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq.— Table for July. 



(h) New Norfolk, from W. E. Shoobridge, Esq.— Abstract for do. 



(c) From the Hobart Town Marine Board. — Tables from Mount Nelson 

 for July ; Kent's Group for May, June, and July ; Swan Island 

 for June ; and Goose Island for May, June, and July. 



(d) Melbourne from R, J. L. EUery, Esq., F.R S.— Printed tables for 

 March and April, 1878. 



The presentations to the Museum were as follows : 



1. From F. Bowden, Esq., per Justin Browne, Esq . — A Silver Coin 



(Rix Dollar) of the Empress Marie Thereseof Austria and Hungary. 

 1780. The date of the coin is that of the death of the great Empress. 

 Stated to be the only European coin used in Abyssinia. 



2. From Mr. J. Chambers, Branxholme, a Pebble of Transparent 



Quartz, with black grains imbedded in its substance, 



3. FromMr.Kellaway,Glenorchy. — Specimen of Flax usedbynativesof the 



Lower Herbert, Western Queensland, for making fishing lines, etc. 

 A sample of Pitclierry, or Fituri, a native plant from the same 

 locality, chewed by the aborigines for the purpose of producing in- 

 toxication. 



4. From Mr. H. Gill, Rheban, East Coast.— Two Fishes, viz., a species 



of Clinus, and a specimen of the "sharp-nosed" Eel. 



5. From Miss Cracroft (niece of Sir John Franklin) — Portraits of Sir 



John and Lady Franklin, and photograph of the Franklin Monu- 

 ment in Westminster Abbey. 

 In noticing the presentations to the Library the Secretary called special 

 attention to the very large number of valuable publications received from 



