486° Proceedings. 
the Society, explanatory of rock specimens from the gold districts of Vic- 
toria presented to the Museum by him, and specially descriptive of the 
geological characters of the Bendigo Gold-fields. 
A yote of thanks having been passed to the various parties who had 
made donations and furnished communications to the meeting, the members 
separated a little before ten o'clock. 
13m Aprit, 1853.—Monthly evening meeting ; His Excellency Sir W. 
T. Denison, President, in the Chair. 
The following gentlemen were elected fellows of the Society :—Captain 
Hamilton, R.E.; Thomas Moore, Esq., of New Norfolk; R.H. Bland, Esq., 
of Melbourne. 
The presentations to the Library were, ‘ A Treatise on Flax Manufac- 
ture,” from His Excellency Sir W. Denison. Fifteen numbers of the 
“« Journal of the London Horticultural Society,” from the Rey. J. Bishton, 
a copy of “Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council,” in the 
first and second session of 1852, and of the Acts of Council passed in the 
first session, by order of the Hon. the Speaker. Eight volumes of ‘* Shaw’s 
Zoology,” from Mr. Milligan. ? 
The donations to the Museum were:—By Mr, Edward Macdowell, two 
boxes of Panoramic Views along the Rhine, in relief, with a description. 
By John Abbott, Esq., two unusually large shells of the common 
Oyster, from the shoals on the margin of D’Entrecasteaux Channel, in the 
neighbourhood of his estate at Three Hut Point. 
By A. B. Jones, Esq., seventeen coins, eight of silver, and nine of 
copper, amongst them one silver groat of Charles IJ., having on the 
Obverse the King’s bust, in profile to the left, laureated, in a Roman 
Mantle, buttoned on the shoulder; and on the Zeverse, 4 C's interlinked 
under a Crown, with Rose, Thistle, Fleur-de-Lis, and Harp in the quarters, 
dated 1679. One silver two-penny piece of Charles IL., Obverse same as 
the preceding, and on the Reverse 2 C's interlinked under a Crown, date 
1672. One silver penny of Charles II., Obverse same as the preceding ; 
on the Jeverse one C crowned, date 1672. One silver halfpenny of 
Charles I., having on either side a full-blown Rose, without name, date, or 
motto. One silver piece of Philip V. of Spain, date 1724. One silver 
piece, value 5 soldi Italian, of the Emperor Napoleon, date 1810. One 
silver (Ana?) piece, East Indian. One other silyer piece, a fragment, 
(Dump). One Copper Guernsey penny, 1834. One Copper American 
cent. One Copper piece, Austrian. One copper piece of Sardinia, 1795. 
Three copper pieces, East Indian, One copper piece, value one centesimo, 
Lombardo-Venetian State, 1822. One Copper piece of Pius Septimus, ~ 
1802. 
By Mr, Hugh Hull, a sample of magnetic Iron-sand, (said to have been 
found at Tolosa), and amongst it a fragment of a pink-coloured crystal, 
Said to be amethyst. 
