found near Hobart Town and Launceston. 139 
A very well marked section across the cone of a Banksia, 
small size. 
A longitudinal section of what may have been a cone of a 
large Banksia, or of a Zamia? It is 6 inches in length by three 
and a quarter in width. 
Linear leaves, like those of our melaleuca. 
The very decisive experiments of Lindley, on the comparative 
durability of the leaves, &c., of various plants, which he mace¬ 
rated in water for two years, have conclusively determined the 
kind and character of plants which we may reasonably look for 
in a fossil state. And if in the earlier stages of existence of 
these colonies, the phanerogamous flora partook as strongly of 
astringent and resinous principles as it does now ; and the vas¬ 
cular crytogamiae were then as prevalent as they now are, we may 
fairly enough look upon this as the best field the world presents 
for the study of Fossil Botany. 
Be this as it may, however, there is proof sufficient in the new 
and interesting specimens exhibited, that ordinary industry and 
research will on every hand meet with both encouragement and 
recompense. 
Art. XI. Statistics of the Port of Launceston, Van Diemen’s 
Land, for 1846. 
{From the Launceston Examiner.) 
The following statistics, compiled with care from official records, 
contain valuable information, and are worth the studious exami¬ 
nation of all who take an interest in the commercial prosperity 
of the port. 
Imports for the Quarter ending bill January, 1847. 
From 
Great Britain. 
New South Wales .. 
South Australia .... 
New Zealand. 
China. 
Singapore . 
Cape of Good Hope 
United States. 
Value. 
£ s. d. 
28,645 9 6 
10,606 12 0 
735 16 10 
324 8 0 
Duty Collected. 
£ s. d. 
3,587 7 8 
1,332 11 5 
66 10 10 
34 5 3 
2 4 8 
8 18 6 
14 6 6 
14 17 0 
£40,372 6 4 
£5,061 1 10 
