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The Australasian Scientific Magazine. [Sept, i, 1885. 
WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 
No reports to hand. 
SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 
No reports to hand. 
TASMANIA. 
Royal Society. 
The monthly evening meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania was 
held on Tuesday evening, 14th July, Mr. James Barnard, Vice-President, 
occupying the chair. There were fifty-six Fellows in attendance, amongst 
those present being the Bishop of Tasmania (Dr. Sandford), the Acting- 
Chief Justice (Hon. W. R. Giblin), and several ladies. 
Dr. A. Bingham Crowther, and Mr. R. R. Rex, were re-elected Fellows 
of the Society. 
Owing to the indisposition of the Honorary Secretary, for whose absence 
the Chairman apologised, the Curator of the Museum brought forward the 
usual returns, viz : — 
1. Number of visitors to the Museum during the month of June : — Week 
days, 1155; Sundays, 570; total, 1725. 
2. Number of visitors to Royal Society’s Gardens during the month of 
June, 4550. 
PRESENTATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 
Mammals : 
Two Grey Opossoms, Phalangista vulpina; Three Black Opossoms, 
Phalangista fuliginosus : Two Ring-tailed Opossums, Phalangista viverrina, 
Mr. W. Lester. 
Two Tasmanian Tigers, Thylacinus cynocephalus ; One Tasmanian Devil, 
Sarcophilus ursinus, Mr. W. Turvey. 
Duck-billed Platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, Mr. John Swan. 
Two Ring-tailed Opossums, Phalangista viverrina, Mr. T. M. Atkinson. 
P ing-tailed Opossum, Phalangista viverrina ; Golden-bellied Beaver Rat, 
Hydromys chrysogaster, Mr. A. Brent. 
Birds : 
Two Musk Ducks, Biziura lobata, Mr. R. Read. 
Blue Crane, Ardea Novas Hollandias, Mr. L. Massey. 
Mandarin Drake and Duck, Aix galericulata ; Javanese Pheasant, Pha- 
sianus sp., Mr. E. D. Swan. 
Ten species of American Birds’ Eggs, Mr. Geo. Hinsby. 
