Proceedings of the Royal Society for the month of May, 1879

A monthly evening meeting of the Society was held on Monday, May 12. His Excellency the Governor in the chair.
From Atkinson, Esq., Latrobe, per the hon. D. Lewis: A sample of coarse gold was presented to the Society. The following extract from a note from Mr. Lewis, in reference to this presentation was read:—"I have been requested by Mr. Atkinson, of Latrobe, to forward you for presentation to Royal Society's Museum, Hobart Town, a small sample of gold dust, obtained from land on the Kentish Plains, near the foot of Mount Roland, and about seven miles from the Mersey and Deloraine tramway. The gold is very similar to quantities I saw at Brandy Creek, and I was told was found nearly in the grass at the surface, and without any difficulty." Mr. T. Stephens read a paper, "On recent additions to the Flora of Tasmania," by Mr. Augustus Simson.
Mr. Justice Dobson read a paper on the Codlin Moth (Apple moth) This was a second contribution on the subject by the same observer, a former paper having been read in 1876 and subsequently published in the transactions.
Mr. F. Abbott also read a paper on the moth, giving at the same time extracts from English writers on the subject. Mr. Abbott intimated that a valuable report on the Moth had been made by a Commission appointed by the American Government, and that he had made application for a copy.