286 ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



R.S. TAS. 



19th May, 1913. 



The Monthly General Meeting was held at- the Museum 

 at 8 p.m., Mr. L. Rodway in the chair. 



Election of Members. 



The following were elected members: — Mr. J. li. But- 

 ters, Mr. H. D. Erwin, M.A., Mr. A. D. Harrison, Mr. J. 

 F. Mather, Mrs. A. J. Moore-Robinson, Mr. A. C. Officer, 

 Mr. T. C. Simpson, Mr. John Smithies, Mrs. Sorell, Mr. 

 E. C. Tregear, Mr. John Wardman, Mr. J. Newham Water- 

 worth, Miss Lucy Wayn. 



Papers. 



The following papers were read: — 



"Notes on Hymenophyllum peltatum in Tasmania." By 

 L. Rodway. 



''A Bibliography of Proportional Representation in Tas- 

 mania." By E. L. Piesse. 



"The Theory of the Quota in Proportional Representa- 

 tion." By E. L. Piesse. 



A discussion followed the reading of Mr. Piesse 's papers, 

 in which Mr. L. F. Giblin, M.H.A., Mr. E. Morris Miller, 

 and Dr. W. E. Bottrill took part. During the discussion 

 Mr. Giblin suggested that the method of the uniform 

 quota, described in the third paper as one of the party- 

 list systems, could be used with the single transferable 

 vote system in Tasmania. 



]Oth June, 1913. 

 The Monthly General Meeting was held at the Museum 

 at 8 p.m., Hisi Excellency the President, Sir William 

 Ellison-Macartney, P.C, K.C.M.G., in the chair. 



Welcome to the President. 



Dr. A. H. Clarke, Acting Chairman of the Council, an- 

 nounced that Sir William Ellison-Macartney, Governor of 

 Tasmania, had accepted the Presidency of the Society. 

 On behalf of the Society, Dr. Clarke welcomed His Ex- 

 cellency. 



His Excellency said : I desire to express my grateful 

 thanks to the members of the Royal Society for their 

 election of me to the office of President, an office which, 

 I believe, has been almost invariably held by my prede- 

 cessors. It is therefore my duty, as well as my pleasure, 

 to come to this meeting, and so follow their excellent 

 example. I had the pleasure of meeting Bishop Mont- 

 gomery, who was a well-known member of your Society, 



