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The Secretary reported the presentation to the Society's Gardens, 

 l)y Captain Goldsmith, of the Rattler, of two cases of valuable 

 Exotic Plants ; and that several cases of Tasmanian and Australian 

 Plants hud been forwarded by the same vessel to London. 



The principle and construction of the Aneroid Barometer became 

 the subject of conversation ; in which Sir William Denison, Dr. 

 Turnbull, E. P. Bedford, Esq., Dr. Butler, &c. took part. 



Mr. Douglas proposed that measures be taken for bringing under 

 the notice of the British public, at the Grand National Exhibition in 

 London in 1851, the natural productions of this island; instancing, 

 among other objects of interest and economical importance, its highly 

 ornamental cabinet woods and valuable ship timbers— its gums, 

 balsams and drugs, &c. 



The meeting, after voting thanks for the various donations, broke 

 up about 10 o'clock. 



IOtii April.— Monthly evening meeting ; Dr. OfBcer, one of the 

 Vice-Presidents, in the chair. 



The following gentlemen were ballotted for and duly elected into 

 the Society :— Messrs. Thos. Dobson, of the High School ; Michael 

 Evans, of Macquarie- street ; and the Rev. Francis Brownrigg, of 

 St. George's, Hobart Town. Captain CoUinson, R.E., was admitted 

 on Rule xviii. 



Letters from His Excellency Sir George Grey ; from the Hon. the 

 Civil Secretary to Government, New Zealand ; from Lieut. Lynd, 

 Auckland, New Zealand ; and from the Royal Asiatic Society of 

 London, were read. 



A letter was read from J. E. Bicheno, Esq., stating that His Excel- 

 lency Sir William Denison had transmitted for presentation to the 

 Society's Library three volumes, forwarded by the Under Secretary to 

 the Government of Bengal, by order of the Hon. the Deputy 

 Governor. 



The Secretary reported the presentation by Sir William Denison 

 to the Society's Gardens of a packet of seeds from Calcutta, con- 

 taining one hundred and eight species : the receipt of one hundred 

 and four species of seeds indigenous to New South Wales, fromE.M. 

 Bowman, Esq., of Camden ; also the presentation of a case contain- 

 ing thirty-two New Zealand plants, by A. Hort, Esq. 



