316 Proceedings. 
Mr. Westcott, of Argyle-street, forwarded for the Library a copy of the 
now scarce work, Bent’s ‘“ Tasmanian Almanac” for 1827. 
From His Excellency Sir William Denison was received a treatise on 
the Aneroid Barometer, by Edward J. Dent, F.R.A.S., &c. Also a speci- 
men of auriferous quartz, said to have been found near Ironstone Creek, in 
the Huon District. 
From the Rey. Dr. Lillie were received two ancient silver coins,—one 
mutilated and illegible, the other an English shilling, having on its obverse 
the bust of the Sovereign “ full-faced, crowned in Parliament robes, with 
the chain of the Order,” and the words Epwarp v1. D.G.A.G.L. & F.R.A. 
Z. HIB. REX.; and on the reverse the motto “ Posur Deum ApsuToREM 
Meum,” with the armorial bearings of England and France. ‘This is 
probably one of the coins struck about 1552, when Edward undertook the 
reformation of the then excessively debased currency, and is remarkable 
as being one of the last upon which the sovereign appears in full face. 
Mr. Hugh Hull presented an American silver coin, a half-dime, value 
5 cents: also a small specimen of gold in quartz from the Bendigo diggings, 
Victoria. } 
From Henry Durance Cartwright, Esq., of Hong Kong, was received 
a chest of medicinal teas similar to those sent to the Great Industrial Exhi- 
bition of 1851, and referred to in the proceedings of the Society for Sep- 
tember last. They appear to be puffed and sold by the Chinese much in 
the way ovr quack medicines are vended. Mr. Cartwright’s remarks are— 
““ Kan Luh, (also called ‘ Noon Tea,’ because prepared at twelve o’clock 
on the fifth day of the fifth month), cures constipation and wind, stops 
pain, and removes colds, and may be taken with advantage by male and 
female, old and young, excepting only women in pregnancy. 
“* Lung tse tea, dispels heaviness of mind, dryness in the mouth, and 
constipation, dissolves glutinous spittle, and enlivens the spirits. 
““ Shin keah tea, cures ‘all kinds of disorders,’ but if the medicines, 
of which a list follows, are taken at the same time, then the diseases 
(mentioned also in the list) will be more speedily cured. 
‘‘ The other one or two chops are merely shop puffs, stating that such 
and such a shop, in such and such a street, of Souchon, or some other place, 
sells tea.of the kind in present package of an indescribably good quality, 
sparing no pains to get the best materials compounded in the most skilful 
manner. All these ‘teas’ are mixed with different kinds of drugs, and 
are on a par with our quack medicines. There is nothing whatever to be 
learned from them, except that puffing humbugging quacks and the requi- 
site number of gullible fools for their support exist in China as elsewhere.” 
Mr. Rolwegan, of Collins-street, presented a specimen of gold with 
quartz brought by himself from Friar’s Creek diggings, Victoria, together 
with specimens of clay containing rounded pieces of gold imbedded, and 
fragments of crystallized quartz, and of schorl from the same locality. 
