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... Specimens of Recent Additions to the Free Public Museum , by Mr. T. J. MOORE . Mr. MARRAT , on the Varieties of Shells belonging to the Genus Nassa . xliii SECOND ORDINARY MEETING Extraordinary Meeting for proposed change of Law.
... Specimens of Recent Additions to the Free Public Museum , by Mr. T. J. MOORE . Mr. MARRAT , on the Varieties of Shells belonging to the Genus Nassa . xliii SECOND ORDINARY MEETING Extraordinary Meeting for proposed change of Law.
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... Specimen of Fresh - Water Alga , Coccochloris Mooreana . Mr. J. T. FOARD , on " Life of Mr. Justice Story . ” NINTH ORDINARY MEETING Extraordinary Meeting for change of Law . Mr. R. C. JOHNSON , on Double Stars . Rev. H. H. HIGGINS , On ...
... Specimen of Fresh - Water Alga , Coccochloris Mooreana . Mr. J. T. FOARD , on " Life of Mr. Justice Story . ” NINTH ORDINARY MEETING Extraordinary Meeting for change of Law . Mr. R. C. JOHNSON , on Double Stars . Rev. H. H. HIGGINS , On ...
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... specimens , consisting of Fish , Mollusca , Crustacea , Echinoderms , Zoophytes , Sponges , & c . , collected between Liverpool , Sydney , Tuticorin , and Rangoon , and presented by Captain W. H. Cawne Warren , Ship " Bedfordshire ...
... specimens , consisting of Fish , Mollusca , Crustacea , Echinoderms , Zoophytes , Sponges , & c . , collected between Liverpool , Sydney , Tuticorin , and Rangoon , and presented by Captain W. H. Cawne Warren , Ship " Bedfordshire ...
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... specimens , purchased from Mr. Waller , Mr. MOORE also exhibited two specimens of the Spotted Bower - Bird , Chlamydodera maculata , and a fine example of the Bower , from Banana , Queensland , collected by Mrs. A. M. Frances , and ...
... specimens , purchased from Mr. Waller , Mr. MOORE also exhibited two specimens of the Spotted Bower - Bird , Chlamydodera maculata , and a fine example of the Bower , from Banana , Queensland , collected by Mrs. A. M. Frances , and ...
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... , in the Chair . The Rev. R. E. Long and Mr. Edmund Phipps Eyre were elected Ordinary Members . * See page 139 Dr. SHEARER exhibited specimens of Turk's Cap Cactus and other PROCEEDINGS . xlix FOURTH ORDINARY MEETING.
... , in the Chair . The Rev. R. E. Long and Mr. Edmund Phipps Eyre were elected Ordinary Members . * See page 139 Dr. SHEARER exhibited specimens of Turk's Cap Cactus and other PROCEEDINGS . xlix FOURTH ORDINARY MEETING.
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