Iv 



To Baron Von Mueller, ditto. 



To Messrs. Shepherd, Sydney, ditto. 



To Mr. J. Smith, Victoria, ditto, and case of plants. 



To Mr. T. Gulliver, Townsville, Queensland, collection of seeds. 



To Mr. C. Creswel], Victoria, ditto. 



5. Periodicals received. 



6. Presentations to Museum and Library. 

 Meteorology : — 



1. From Captain Shortt, Government Observer. Table of .'means of 



observations for June. 



2. Table of rainfall at 12 stations in Tasmania. 



3. From the Government Observer, Wellington, New Zealand. 



Printed tables for March and April. 

 The following are the results of the Hobart observations for June :— 



Barometer. — Mean : 29"708in. 

 Thermometer. — Mean : Max., 57*4; min., 45" ; dry, 51*8 ; wet,48'3. 

 Humidity.— Dew point, 44 9; elastic force of vapour, '298 ; humidity, 



•774. _ 

 Condeusation. — Number of days on which rain fell, 17 j amount col- 

 lected, l'61in. 

 Clouds. — Mean daily amount, 6'9; (scale, 0—10). 

 Wind.— Mean force, 2 6; (scale, 0—12). 



Remarks. — The month has been an unusually mild one, the mean 

 temperature being 6* higher than that of June, 1882. Rain fell on 17 days, 

 the heaviest fall on any one day was 0*33in. on the 4th. Highest 

 temperature in the shade, 62-3 on the 14th ; the lowest, 39 '2 on night 

 of 2nd. Highest reading of the barometer, 30*162in. at 9 a.m. of the 

 11th ; the lowest, 28'908in. at 9 p.m. of the 22nd. Snow fell on Mount 

 Wellington on 22nd, 23rd, and 29th. Fogs, some very dense, prevailed 

 during the first part of the month. Winds chiefly from W.N.W., blow- 

 ing hard on the 16th and 17th, and a strong gale on the 25th. Very 

 heavy rains in northern portion of the colony. Heavy shocks of earth- 

 quake have been felt at Gould's Country and in that vicinity during the 

 month. 



Rainfall in Tasmania, June, 1883 : — 



Southport, rain fell on 10 days ; amount 2*46. 

 Hobart ,, 



Ditto (Bot. Gardens) 

 Oatlands ,, 



Fingal 



Ditto, (Killymoon) 

 Falmouth ,, 

 Launceston „ 

 Low Heads ,, 

 Mt. Bischofif „ 

 Circular Head 

 Gould's Country 

 Time of leafing, flowering, etc., of a' few standard plants in the 

 Botanic Gardens during June :- 



12th. Calycanthus proecox in full flower. 14th, Early narcissus com- 

 mencing to flower. 



18th. Maclaura aurantiaca, leaves commencing to shed. 

 22nd. Privet, ditto. 



26th. Snowflake commencing to flower. 

 28th. Iris alata, ditto. 

 30th. Black mulberry leaves all shed. 

 The presentations were as follows : — 



To Museum:— 1. From Dr. E. T. Higgins, and Mr. W. F. Petterd, 

 male and female type specimens of a new cave-inhabiting spider 



