Ixxvii 



Mr. Charpentier added that in Maucliester the artisans had been 

 foremost in scientific research, and their studies had done a vast amount of 

 good. 



The Chairman, on behalf of the Society, thanked Mr. Charpentier for 

 his donations to the Museum. 



Mr. J. Swan proposed a vote of thanks to the donors and authors of 

 the various papers read before the meeting. 



Several members examined the zoophytes shown by Mr. Charpentier 

 by means of the microscope, and the meeting closed. 



AUGUST, 1884. 



The monthly meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania was held on 

 Monday evening, 11th August. Mr. James Barnard, V. P., occupied 

 the chair, Mr. J. McAlpin, F.L.S., Edinburgh, was introduced as a 

 visitor. A very large number of Fellows were present. 



The following were duly elected as Fellows of the Society : — Miss 

 Mary Lodder, the Hon. John Lord, M.L.C., Rev. John Yansittart 

 Buckland, B.A., Messrs. Crawford John Maxwell, J. R. McClymout, 

 M.A., W. Saville Kent, F.L.S., F.G.S., etc., W. Harvey Buckland, 

 B.A., H, C. Kingsmill, B.A., J. McCance, F.R.A.S., R. Sydney Milles, 

 C.E., Chas. Ellis Davies, J. G. Davies, Philip Seager, Henry Cook, jun., 

 T. C. Just, W. H. Charpentier, Frederick Redder, Alex. North. 



The Hon. Secretary (Dr. Agnew) stated that the society was to be 

 congratulated on the election of such a large number of Fellows, a far 

 greater number than had hitherto been elected in one evening. 



RETURNS, ETC. 



The Hon, Secretary brought forward the usual returns, viz.: — 



1. Number of visitors to the Museum : — July— Week days, 1,289 ; 



Sundays, 870 ; total, 2,159. 



2. Number of visitors to Gardens — 4,999. 



3 and 4. Plants and seeds received at and sent from the Royal 

 Society's Gardens during the month of July : — 



From Mr. Joseph Harris, South Yarra, bundle of fruit trees, etc. (30). 



From Messrs. Law, Somner, Melbourne — Case, containing 74 plants. 



From Mrs. S. Purchase, Parramatta — -Case, containing 30 plants. 



From the Botanic CTardens, Brisbane — Case, containing 15 ferns. 



From Messrs. Heyne Co., Adelaide — 31 packets seeds. 



From the Colonial Museum, Wellington — 17 packets seeds. 



To the Botanic Gardens, Rome — 36 packets seeds. 



To Mr. Joseph Harris, South Yarra — Case seedling plants. 



To Messrs. Law, Somner, Melbourne — Box seedling plants. 



To Mr. C. F. Creswell, Melbourne — Box seedling plants. 



5. Time of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a few standard plants 

 in the Ptoyal Society's Gardens during the month of July : — 



15th. Paper almond commencing to floAver. 



18th. Cytisus leucanthus commencing to flower. 



25th. Winter aconite commencing to flower. 



25th. Arbutus unedo commencing to flower. 



