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CONCLUSION OF THE ADDRESS 



Delivered by the Hon. James Norton (then President) on 27th March, 1901, 

 and now substituted for the last three paragraphs published in page 794, 

 Part 4, of the Proceedings for the year 1900. 



HOBART. 



At a meeting held at Government House on 14th October, 

 1843, the members of the Tasmanian and Horticultural Societies 

 and other gentlemen determined to form a garden, to be under 

 the care of the Royal Society. The Governor subsequently 

 assigned to the Society, for that purpose, a large portion of the 

 Government House grounds; and on 12th September, 1844, 

 announced that Her Majesty Queen Victoria had signified her 

 consent to become Patroness of the Society, under the designation 

 of " The Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, 

 Botany and the Advancement of Science." 



In 1847 Mr. F. W. Newman, of Sydney, was appointed 

 manager, and, after a short interim appointment of the Rev. Dr. 

 Lillie, Dr. Milligan was appointed Secretary in 184.8; he remained 

 in office until 1860. After another interim appointment of the 

 Hon. W. Archer, the late Sir James (then Dr.) Agnew was 

 elected in 1861, and he remained in office till 1885, when the 

 present Secretary, Mr. Alexander Morton, took his place. 



Mr. Newman died in 1859, and was succeeded by Mr. F. 

 Abbott, who had been employed under him and is now in office. 



In 1885 the gardens, together with the Museum, were placed 

 by Act of Parliament under a Board of official and other Trustees 

 and endowed with .£800 a year, with liberty to supplement the 

 same by the sale of plants and flowers, but comparatively little 

 work has been done for want of space and funds. 



The area of the gardens, which are situated on the bank of the 

 River Derwent and adjoin the Government House grounds, is 

 about 20 acres, and they are kept in order by the labour of seven 



