310 ANNUAL REPORT. 



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portraits, illustrating the early years of the Society, were 

 shown. 



The collection of portraits in the Society s room was 

 of great interest in connection with the Anniversary; but 

 the Anniversary also served to remind the Council of the 

 number of early members who are not thus coimmemorat- 

 ed. For most of the portraits now hanging in the room 

 the Society is indebted to members; and it is hoped that 

 many of the gaps may still be filled. 



The Council is pleased to record an increase in the 

 scientific staff of the University of Tasmania. An addi- 

 tional grant of £1,000 per annum, made bv the Parliament 

 of Tasmania, in 1912, has enabled a separate Department 

 of Physics to be established ; and a capital sum of £2,000 

 included in the appropriations for 1913-14 will provide 

 for additional scientific departments. The strengthening of 

 the University will add to the scientific workers in the 

 Society, and widen the scope of its work ; but at the same 

 time it imposes obligations on the Society, of which the 

 Council is not unmindful, to publish researches made in 

 Tasmania, and to provide a more adequate library of 

 scientific periodicals. 



