Proceedings. 271. 



A.C.G. -I.eaipviere sent for the library a folio atlas, cuiiously 

 embellishecl, having been published so far back as 1715. 



Mr. Milligau placed on the table a suite of beautifully distinct 

 impressions and casts of stems and leaves of ferns, strap -shajml 

 leaves, calamites, &c., recently obtained in the soft schistose clays and 

 sandstones interposed between the seams of bituminous coal cut 

 through in the shaft now being snnk near Wabb's Harbour on the 

 East Coast; also read a letter from P. S. Tomlins, Esq., A.P.M., 

 South Port, descriptive of a meteor observed by him there on the 

 morning of the 10th instant. 



A letter from Mr. Boot, on the valuable products recently staled in 

 the House of Commons to have been obtained on the large scale 

 from Irish peat, was communicated to the meeting. 



Conversations on the subjects before the meeting were maintained 

 till nearly 10 o'clock, when, on the motion of Dr. Officer, seconded 

 by Dr. Turnbull, the thanks of the Society were voted for various 

 donations and communications, and the members separated. 



13xH MAECH.-The monthly evening meeting, held in the Museum 

 and numerously attended. His Excellency Sir W. T. Denison, 

 President, occupied the chair. 



Mr. Thomas Browne, of Macquarie-street, and Mr. Walch, juiiiur, 

 of Elizabeth-street, were ballotted for and duly elected into the Society. 

 The Secretary placed on the table several spirit preparations of fishes 

 from the Estuaiy of the Derwent, and the bay and waters adjoining ; 

 amongst them was a fine specimen of the cuttle-fish tribe, closely 

 resembling the common Calamary (Loligo Vulgaris— Lam., Sepia 

 Loligo-Unn.), a rough pencil sketch, of the natural size, was exhibited. 

 Dr. Turnbull stated, that on more than one occasion he had caught 

 ~ these cephalopods in the estuary between this and Eisdon ; that they 

 are remarkable for a chameleon-like power of changing colour when 

 captured, and that they emit a very distinct scream at the moment 

 of seizure. It appears that the individual under examination was 

 taken in the bay, fixed by his cup-like suckers to the back of a fisir 

 brought up with hook and line. 



The Secretary submitted an inflated specimen of Diodon or globe- 

 fish, taken by the aborigines near Oyster Cove, in D'Entrecasleaus 

 Channel. 



