458 
Miscellanea. 
EXPORTS OF PRODUCE FROM VAN DIEMEN’S LAND 
TO GREAT BRITAIN,—For the season 1844—5. 
{Compiled by Mr. C. H. Goldsmith, of Launceston .) 
Articles. 
Launceston. 
Hobart. 
Total. 
Wool. 
*9898 
7055 
10 
39G 
87 
*6857 
2113 
16755 
9168 
10 
508 
1366 
184 
7 
112 
1279 
184 
Black'Oil.... 
7 
7.G. 1. 8 
t47 
1 
154 
58, 1. 0. 0. 
90 
65. 7. 1. 8. 
137 
33 
1986 
187 
1986 
3 
3 
1 
1280 
11 GOO 
6006 
7286 
11 GOO 
10. 9. 2. 0. 
775 
20 
430 
30344 
4 
10. 9. 2. 0. 
540 
20 
Hard Wood. 
235 
430 
25924 
4 
4420 
Gum Acacia... 
* Less from New South Wales 2,511, and from South Australia 20 bales, 
f Less from New South Wales 32 tons. 
t Less from New South Wales 130 bales. 
—Launceston Examiner. 
MINUTES OF THE TASMANIAN SOCIETY. 
July 2, 1845. 
Mr. Grant exhibited a drawing of the Rickea pandanifolia — 
a new plant in Epacridese, described by Dr. J. D. Hooker in 
his Flora Antarctica. 
Lieut. W. H. Breton, R.N., exhibited a specimen of Euryale 
palmifera (or a closely allied species), which he received from a 
fisherman who stated that he had brought it up with his lines 
near George Town. Mr. Breton observed that he had not before 
seen any species of this genus of star-fish in Tasmania. 
Mr. Ronald C. Gunn then drew the attention of the society to 
the fact that several specimens of the Petaurus sciureus , Dcsm. y 
or flying opossum of Port Phillip, had been killed by the 
domestic cat in the forest near his house at Penquite. He was 
informed by Dr. Grant that one had been killed at Franklin 
Village, and he had heard of others obtained in the neighbourhood 
of Launceston. It therefore seems probable that this beautiful 
animal is becoming naturalized in the island, and will soon be 
added to our Fauna: the individuals thus unfortunately killed 
having undoubtedly escaped from confinement in Launceston, 
whither they were brought in considerable numbers from Port 
Phillip during the early years of its settlement, from 1834 to 
