May 25.
Mr. James Dickson, F.L.S. presented a specimen of the Misseltoe, found by him on the 20th of this month growing upon an oak-tree about four miles from Maidstone, by the side of the Medway.
The President announced, that an extensive and valuable collection of Quadrupeds, Birds and Reptiles, made by Mr. George Caley in New South Wales, has been purchased by subscription by the following Members of the Society, and lodged in the Society's Museum, viz.
£. s. d. The Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, 10. 0 0 Sir James Edward Smith, President . . 10 0 0 Alexander MacLeay, Esq. Secretary . 10 Edward Forster, Esq. Treasurer ... 10 William Elford Leach, M.D. .... 10 William G. Maton, M.D., V.P. ... 10 James Francis Stephens, Esq 5 The Lord Stanley, V.P 10 Thomas Furly Forster, Esq 5 William Kent, Esq 5 " " Richard Taylor, Esq Archibald Menzies, Escp .... George Milne, Esq Henry Grimston, Esq 1 i Michael Bland, Esq. ....... 5 Duncan MacArthur, M.D. The Lord Bishop of Durham, H.M. . .10 Daniel Moore, Esq 10 Joseph Sabine, Esq. Rev. William Kirby VOL. XII. Carried forward £128 3 0
