168 Proceedings. 



After examination of the various specimens presented, conversations ensued, and 

 soon after niae o'clock it was moved by Dr. Bedford, seconded by Mr. Henslowe, 

 supported by Dr, Butler, Mr. Perkins, and Mr. Courtnay and others, and carried, — 

 " That the thanks of the Society are due to His Excellency Sir W. Denison, and 

 to the other persons who have made communications and donations, and especially 

 to Mr. Macnaughtan for his extensive and valuable gifts this evening." 



On motion of D. T. Ejlburn, Esq., seconded by Colonel Last, a vote of thanks 

 was tmanimously accorded to Mr. Hone " for his attention to matters before the 

 meeting, and his great urbanity ia the chair," when the meeting broke up. 



8th Febetjaet, 1854. — Monthly Meeting; the chair was occupied by His 

 Excellency the President, Sir W. T. Denison, F.R.S., &c. &c. 



The following gentlemen were, after a baUot, declared to be duly elected into 

 the Society : — 



Peter Eoberts, Esq., of Ashgrove; TV. H. Archer, Esq., of Melbourne, late 

 Registrar- General for Victoria; the Rev. P. V. M. Klleul, M.A., Warden of 

 Christ's College, Bishopsboume ; Henry Berthon, Esq., H.E.I.C.S., the Very 

 Rev. "William Hall, (Vicar- General) of Hobart Town; John Thomson, Esq., 

 Robert Pott, Esq., William Tyson, Esq., Henry Graham, Esq., M.D., of Laun- 

 ceston. Other candidates for membership were nominated for next ballot. 



The following donations were announced by the Secretary : — 



To the Library : — From the Ven. Archdeacon Davies ; Linnssus's System of 

 Natural History, by Turton, in 7 volumes, 8vo. 



From Charles Mason, Esq., Commissioner of Patents, Washington, U.S. ; 

 Reports to Congress (1851), 2 vols., 8vo. : 1st, Arts and Manufactures. 2nd, 

 Agriculture. 



From E. Hathaway, Esq., U.S. Consul; Reports to Congress (1848), by Com- 

 missioner of Patents, 1 vol., on Agricultiu:e and Machinery, &c. 



To the Museum : — From John Johnson, Esq., of Port Albert ; the dried skin of 

 a musk duck, Siziura lohata. 



From James Barnard, Esq. ; a specimen of an elegantly-branched Gorgonia. 



From J. Lucas, Esq., through Mr.Hull ; 2 specunens of brown-throated Dragon, 

 Dracocella hceinatopogon (J. E. Gray), native of Sumatra. 



A diminutive but pretty specimen of Argonaut, lately found on the beach at 

 Wedge Bay, Tasman's Peninsula, by WUliam Swainson, Esq., F.R.S., &c., was 

 presented by that gentleman, who considers that it is likely, from the almost total 

 absence of even the rudiments of a whorl, its dwarf size, extreme deHcacy, and 

 other peculiarities, to prove a new and undescribed species. Mr. Swainson also 

 laid on the table twigs having seed vessels, of what he considers to be three distinct 

 species of Blue Gum. Mr. Swainson rested his distinction on marked permanent 

 peculiarities in the foi-m of the capsules, and observed, " these are thi-ee only of 



