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21. Meteorological Observations, India (January), from the Meteoro- 



logical Office, India. 



22. Agricultural Gazette, June 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th. 



23. Gardeners' Chronicle. 



24. The Athencemn (June). 



25. The Nature (June). 



26. Journal of Science (July). 



27. Annals and Magazines of Natural History. 



23. Journal of the Society of Arts (May and June). 



29. The Florist and Pomologist (July). 



30. Census of Victoria, from the Victorian Government. 



31. Vital and Meteorological Statistics of Tasmania, from the Govern- 



ment Statistician. 



MUSEUM. 



List of Presentations to the Museum :— 

 Mammals : 

 A Tasmanian Tiger — (Thylacinus cynocephalus), Mr. Dunbabin. 

 Two Native Cats — Dasyurus viverrinus, Mr. C. E. Davies. 



Birds : 

 Chestnut-faced Owl — Strix castanops, Mr. F. Weston. 

 Collared Sparrow Hawk — Accipiter torquatus, Mr. Geo. Howe. 

 Head and Feet of Wedge-tailed Eagle — Aquila audax, Mr. H. Gatty. 



Fishes : 

 A Tasmanian Red Perch — Anthias rasor, Mr. Boyes. 



Reptiles : 

 A Diamond Snake — Hoplocephalus superbus, Mr. W. F. Petterd. 



Mollusca : 

 A Pecten — Pecten fumatus — Mactra cretacea, Mr. E. D. Swan. 

 A Mussel— Mytilus, sp., Mr. W. Saville-Kent. 



Fossils : 

 Fossil Wood, Mrs. Justin McC. Browne. 

 Fossil Shells, Mr. C. E. Davies. 



Ethnology : 

 Bows and Arrows, etc., from the Andaman Islands, presented by Mr. 



T. C, Just. 

 A Water Colour Painting of Tasmanian Fish, Mrs. L. Meredith. 



FERNS ON THE MOUNTAIN. 



The Hon. Secretary said the Fellows would recollect that the destruc- 

 tion of the ferns at the Bower had been brought under the notice of the 

 last meeting by Mr. Justice Dobson ; and, as a result, a deputation 

 consisting of himself. Colonel Legge, and Mr. C. H. Grant, had waited 

 on the Minister for Lands to make representations to him on the subject. 

 A few days afterwards he received a reply from the hon. gentleman 

 saying that he (the Minister of Lands) entered heartily into the matter, 

 and would do all that lay in his power to carry out the objects of the 

 deputation. Arrangements were being made to define the boundaries of 

 the private property in the locality, and, as soon as this was done, 

 boards would be erected warning people not to cut ferns on the Crown 

 land, and the bailiff would be instructed to see that the notices were 

 respected. 



THE DEATH EATE. 



Mr. R. M. Johnston, F.L.S., read a paper entitled — " Remarks on 

 the observed periodicity of the death-rate, with suggestions as to its 



