56 anniversary address. 



Plants. 

 One other special topic deserves to be mentioned. Baron von 

 Miiller, of Melbourne, whose botanical labours have earned for 

 him the honors of rank and distinction, has recently turned his 

 attention to the vegetable remains entombed in the gold leads of 

 Victoria and New South "Wales. In his Eeport respecting them 

 he stated that he had not received any leaves of the plants he 

 had described. It was my good fortune in February last to dis- 

 cover several leaves in the rejectamenta of one of the leads in 

 this Colony. These I forwarded to the Baron, who, after 

 examination, sent them to Professor Schimper, of Strasbourg. 

 "We shall, therefore, soon have fuller knowledge of the vegetation 

 of Australia just previous to the time of the present flora. 



Tin. 



Before I conclude, I might properly refer to the discovery of 

 tin ore in Tasmania. Much has been said respecting it, but 

 little is actually known. 



I have, however, just received a Memoir on the subject from 

 Mr. "Wintle, an accute observer in that Colony, who has entrusted 

 it to me, with a request that it may be laid before this Society ; 

 and I will therefore place it in the hands of the new Council at 

 its first meeting. It will be illustrated by a collection of rocks 

 and metals gathered by the author. 



W.B.C. 

 10/5/75. 



