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JUNE, 1878. 



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

 11th June, C. H. Grant, Esq., in the chair. 



The Hon. Secretary (Dr. Agnew) brought forward the usual monthly 

 returns, viz., 



1. Number of visitors to Museum during May, total 2,313. 



2. Number of visitors to Gardens during May, total 4,266. 



3. Plants, etc., received at Gardens : — From Dr. Hector, Wellington, 



New Zealand— 6 packets seeds; from Mens. J. Verschaffelt, Ghent, 

 Belgium — 30 species ornamental forest trees, about two thirds of 

 which are alive ; from H. M. Hull, Esq. — nine species of seeds 

 received from Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia ; from the Royal 

 Gardens, Kew— 90 varieties of seeds. 



4. Plants sent from Gardens. — To Mons. J. Linden, Belgium, four tree 



ferns.— To Mr. G. Brunning, Melbourne, one case plants. 



5. Books and Perodicals received. 



6. Presentations to Museum. 



7. Time of leafing etc., of a few standard plants in the Botanic Gardens 



during May. 

 Meteorology— 



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



2. New Norfolk, from W. E. Shoobridge, Esq —Abstract tables for 



January, February, March, April and May. 



3. Bruni Island and Mount Nelson, from the Marine Board. — Tables 



for May. 



4. New Zealand, from Dr. Hector. — Printed tables from various stations, 



August, 1877, to February, 1878. From Wellington— Tables from 

 November, 1876, to April, 1878. 

 The presentations to the Museum were as follows : — 



1. From Captain Hutton, Dunedin, New Zealand. — 23 prepared skins 



of New Zealand birds. 



2. From Mr. E J. Baynton, Brown's Eiver. — A white hawk {Leucospiza 



liovce Hollandice). 



3. From the Eev. G. B. Richards, Horton College, per T. Stephens, 



Esq. — Two fruit pigeons, from Duke of York Island. 



4. From C. G. Beddome, Esq. — A fine prepared skin of the Goura pigeon, 



from New Guinea ; a j)air of shell armlets, and a carved calabash, 

 used for holding Cbunam, made by natives of New Guinea. 



5. From Aug. Simson, Esq. — Some fine specimens of crystals of oxide 



of tin, from Marie Louise and Kunarra claims, Gould's Country. 



6. From T. Smith Wright, Esq., Glenorchy— Specimens of tapa cloth, 



worn by Fijians. A Fijian necklace. 



7. From D. Lewald, Esq. — A grey African parrot (Psittams eriiliacus). 



8. From C. G. W. Lloyd, Esq., New Norfolk — A large grub, with a 



curious fungoid growth from near the head. [This specimen is 

 analogous to the so-called •* Vegetable Caterpillar," of the colony 

 {Cordiceps Gimnli), but the fungus itself is very difi'erent in form, 

 being short, thick, and broad, instead of stem-like.] 



9. From C. M. Maxwell, Esq.— Portion of the top of a pile from th& 



wharf, with a treenail hole filled by a fungus which had grown 



there. 

 The Secretary called special attention to a very valuable work — 

 *' Researches on the Fossil remains of the Extinct Mammals of Australia," 

 by Professor Owen — which had just been placed by Government in charge 

 of the society for the purpose of easy reference by naturalists and others. 

 The illustrations were shown to be most profuse, consisting of 132 plates 

 and 62 wood-cuts. To this work the learned Professor had devoted his. 

 attention for the last 30 years ; and in the prospectus he states " Onlj 



