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specimens of excrescences from the lemon and other trees at 
Norfolk Island. 
From R. W. Fenwick, Esq., A.P.M., Hamilton, was received a 
human cranium, apparently Aboriginal, found on Scull-bone Plains, 
between Marlborough and Lake St.‘Clair. 
Samuel Moses, Esq., of this city, presented a lithographed fac- 
simile of a kaligraphic portrait of the late Sir Robert Peel. Mr. 
Moses also presented a specimen of Pterocera, probably crocea (Sow. 
Junr.), from Streaky Bay. 
Mr. R. Propsting presented to the Museum a stuffed specimen of 
the Zui—bird of New Zealand. 
The Secretary submitted specimens of fine mica sand, having a 
reddish golden colour and lustre, from Port Cygnet, received from 
P.S. Tomlins, Esq.: the rich reddish yellow colour seems due toa 
portion of iron partially oxidized, probably by casual exposure to 
the action of fire. 
The Secretary reported that several varieties of the potato, raised 
from seed at the Society’s gardens last year, have this year yielded 
tubers of large size and good quality; a few of which will be con- 
fided to members willing to cultivate them for a season on new 
ground, and entirely apart from other sorts. 
The Secretary placed on the table letters from Charles McLachlan, 
Esq., acknowledging his appointment as Honorary Agent for Tas- 
manian Contributions to the Exposition of the Industry of all Nations 
at London, and his readiness to carry out the views of the Committee 
here. 
‘Mr. Milligan drew attention to some beautifully distinct impres- 
sions of fern leaves on the table, obtained at a depth of thirty feet, 
in the blue slaty argillaceous rock through which Cato’s shaft is now 
being sunk on the New Town Road, near the toll-gate, and stated 
that the beds there appear to lie far under the seams of coal now 
worked in the vicinity of Newlands. 
The Secretary read to the conclusion a Report on the Coal at the 
Don River, the geological character of the country between the 
Mersey and Tamar Rivers, and of that bordering the Tamar on either 
side from Whirlpool Reach to the sea, illustrated by an extensive 
assortment of fossil woods, shells, and rock specimens from the 
various strata examined. 
The Secretary read instructions issued to superintendents and 
engineers entrusted with the formation of the wooden roads in 
