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months, and it was observed that the influx has been attributed to the fact 
of the birds having been disturbed and driven away from almost every — 
river, creek, and lagoon of the south end of Australia; while reports state, 
on the other hand, that ducks are equally superabundant there as in Tas- 
mania. 
A letter from J. D. Loch, Esq., was read, transmitting for the Museum 
two large and elegant brass “ Ghurrahs,” or vessels used for holding water 
by the Hindoos, and procured at the “ Holy City of Benares ;” the ordinary 
jars used for the same purpose in India being made of porous red earthen. 
ware. 
Mr. Loch also presented a long two-edged sword from India, with some 
remarks on the peculiar and dexterous manner with which a cut is made 
by those practised in its use. 
The receipt of the skin of a white hawk, Astur Nove Hollandic, 
(Vigor & Horsf.) was reported. 
Mr. Milligan added to the collection the carapace of a small hawk’s-bill 
turtle (Chelonia imbricata), and a bottle of Manna, collected under the 
Eucalypti in the Goyernment Domain at various times, from September 
last up to this date. 
The receipt by the Superintendent of the Society’s Gardens of two cases 
of plants, ex Derwentwater, through His Excellency Sir William Denison, 
containing 67 plants, of which 13 were dead; of one case, per Derwent- 
water, containing 24 plants, of which five were dead,—and of a packet 
containing 220 sorts of seeds, from Lieutenant Smith, R.N.; and of a case, 
per ship Quito, from Messrs. Backhouse and Son, of York, through Mr. 
G. W. Walker, containing 42 plants, of which 18 had perished, was 
announced. . 
The following varieties of Apple from the Society’s Gardens were sub- 
mitted for the opinion of members by Mr. Newman :— 
1 New Hawthornden 22 Robinson’s pippin 
2 St. Lawrence 23 White Spanish reinette 
8 Grey cider 24 Downton pippin 
4 Herefordshire pearmain 25 Early summer apple 
5 Old Hawthornden 26 Royal Jack cider 
6 Kerry pippin 27 Caldwell’s keeping 
7 Beachenwell 28 Scarlet nonpareil 
8 Spread-abroad cider 29 Sturmer’s pippin 
9 Ribston pippin 80 Downton nonpareil 
10 Alexander 81 Pine-apple russet 
11. —————— 32 Reinette du Canada 
12 Lincolnshire Holland pippin 33 Desert apple (?) 
13 Cockle pippin 34 Golden pippin 
14 Reinette Frangaise _ 85 Golden nonpareil 
15 Royal Russet 36 Bradick’s ditto 
16 Mobs’ Royal 387 Siberian bitter-sweet cider 
17 Woodrick cider 88 Fianklin’s pippin 
18 Devonshire redstreak 39 Ireland’s apple 
19 Hughes’ golden pippin 40 Court of Wick 
20 Newtown pippin 41 Rock pippin 
21 Nonpareil russet 42 Monk’s codlin. 
The Secretary then read the paper lately furnished by Mr. Dickenson to 
