evil 
Mr. E. D. Swan at Phillip Island, and he had it mounted and 
presented to the Museum. Attention was also drawn to a very pretty 
variety of an albino morepork, Podargus cuvieri, caught at Brighton. 
. On the table were exhibited three specimens of the brown trout, Salmo 
fario, caught at the Great Lake, their weight being 15, 14, and 13lb. 
respectively. 
A specimen of quartz from Mount Morgan, Queensland, was shown. 
SPECIAL MEETING. 
At a special meeting, which was held on the same evening, an 
alteration vf a formal character was made in rules 24 and 27, to 
enable meetings of the Council to be held without the presence of the 
hon. secretary, which has hitherto been held essential, and altering 
the date of the first meeting for the session. 
MAY, 1885. 
The monthly meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania was held on 
Tuesday evening, 12th May, Mr. James Barnard, V.P., in the chair, 
and several ladies were present. A very large number of Fellows were 
present. The following gentlemen, who had been previously nominated 
bythe Council, were balloted for, and declared duly elected as Honorary 
Members of the society, viz. :—The Hon. William Macleay, F.L.S., 
M.L.C., etc., Edward Pierson Ramsay, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., etc., etc., 
‘Carator Australian Museum, Sydney. In proposing the former gentle- 
man the hon. secretary (Dr. Agnew) referred to him as one of the 
first naturalists in the colonies, to whom they were indebted for very 
many favours. To the trustees of the Australian Museum ard Mr. 
Ramsay, he said, they were under special compliment for valuable 
additions to their Museum. Mr. Ramsay had it in his power to be ser- 
viceable to them, and he had always exercised it in their favour. It 
was to the ‘l'rustees and him they were indebted for the valuable col- 
lection of New Guinea and other birds which were displayed on their 
table that evening. 
A HANDSOME DONATION, 
The CHAIRMAN said he had, on the part of the council, to make the 
gratifying announcement to the Fellows of the society that since their 
last meeting they had received from the executors of the late Dr. Joseph 
Milligan a legacy of £350, which was to be devot d to furthering the 
various objects of the society. (Applause.) Although it was nearly 30 
years since Dr. Milligan quitted 'lasmania for Europe, he had neverthe- 
less taken a vivid interest in the affairs of the society, and this had 
culminated in his final act of bequeathing such a handsome legacy to 
the institutign he loved so well. (Applause.) Those who had the 
privilege of enjoying the intimate acquaintance of Dr. Milligan while 
he was secretary of this society would remember the zeal with which 
he threw himself into the advocacy of the building of the museum. 
Through his instrumentality a large subscription was obtained, and 
the Government having given the site, which was originally part ot 
the old Government House grounds, the present handsome building was 
the result. His zeal in the cause of science was well known. The 
first portion of the published transactions of the society were almost 
exclusively occupied with his report on the coalfields of Tasmania, 
which might even now be referred to with advantage by any one 
desiring to inform himself of the extent of the coal deposits in Tas- 
