Proceedings of the Royal Society for the month of June, 1883

The monthly evening meeting of the Society was held on Tuesday, 12th June, C. H. Grant, Esq., in the chair.
The following gentlemen, who had been previously nominated by the Council, were balloted for and declared duly elected as Fellows of the Society, viz.. Captain Shortt, R.N., Mr. William Humphrey Page, Bengal Civil Service, and Mr. James Fincham, C.E. Specimen from Dr. Haast, Director of Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand-the caudal vertebrae of a Moa [Dinornis giganteus).
The attention of the meeting was called to a collection of beautifully preserved fossils from the Tertiary Beds at Table Cape, which had been forwarded by the owner, Mr. Tofft, for exhibition only.
Mr. F. Abbott read a paper entitled "Notes on New Plants introduced into the Royal Society's Gardens during 1882." The Rev. J. Wilkes Simmons remarked that on his recent visit to Sydney he had sought information as to the newly-formed Geographical Society of Australasia, referred to at last meeting, and read the following note on the subject:—"The objects of the Geographical Society of Australasia are scientific, commercial, and educational." Includes meteorological observations from various locations and notes on the Time of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a few standard plants in the Botanic Gardens during May