Proceedings. 283 



lOxH JuLT. — Monthly evening meeting ; the chair taken at half- 

 past seven by His Excellency Sir W. T. Denison, F.R.S., &c. &c,, 

 President. The following gentlemen were elected into the Society : — 

 Thomas Anstey, Esq., of Anstey Barton ; Lieut. Walker, R.N., of 

 Launceston. 



The Secretary drew attention to a choice collection of Algm made 

 at George Town by the Eev. J. Fereday — to a sample of bituminous 

 coal dredged up in the River Tamar below Whirlpool Reach— and to 

 a specimen of timber possessing a perfume almost equal to that of 

 sandal-wood, a section, apparently, of a small .^4cacia not identified, 

 but,said to occur at or near George Town ; presented to the Society's 

 Museum by Sir Wra. Denison. 



A cabinet of mineral and rock specimens from Europe, arranged 

 and numbered, with a catalogue, presented by John Abbott, Esq.. 



A sample of coal from the lower seam at the Schouten Island, 

 received from Mr. Whitcomb, lay upon the table. 



Lieut. Smith, R.N., presented a collection of mineral specimens of 

 great interest from South Shetland, Kerguelen's Island, Ascension, 

 St. Domingo, Greenland, Cornwall in England, &c. 



Mr. Hull presented to the Museum, in the name of James Mackay, 

 Esq., upwards of a hundred curious coins, ancient and modern ; 

 together with a few sea shells. 



The Secretary reported that two cases of Australian plants and a 

 packet of seeds have been received at the Society's gardens, presented 

 by Sir W. Denison ; that a packet containing twenty-five species of 

 Australian seeds has been received from Mr. R. Officer of Port 

 Phillip, through the kindness of Dr. Officer ; and that fifty species of 

 seeds have been forwarded to J. Bonney, Esq., of Perth, in exchange 

 for plants and seeds received at sundry times. A specimen of the 

 Ardea Nova HoUandice, or heron, commonly called a crane in the 

 colony, was presented by G. T. W. B. Boyes, Esq. ; the bird was shot 

 on the banks of the Derwent, near Mr. Boyes's residence, at New 

 Town. 



Joseph Allport, Esq., forwarded for the Society's Museum the skin 

 of a Tasmanian eagle, the Aquila fucosa. 



E. Hathaway, Esq., United States Consul, presented a sample of 

 anthracite from Pennsylvania, of which a fire in the ante-room was 

 made : as a fuel it is remarkable for entire freedom from smoke and 

 flame, and it is of a character so durable that a fire properly made up 

 will last more than twenty-four hours. 



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