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He left a family of four daughters and two sons, of whom 

 Dr. Arthur Hopkins Clarke is a member of the Council of 

 the Society, and during 1913 has been its Acting Chair- 

 man. 



SIR JOHN GEORGE DA VIES, K.C.M.G., M.H.A., 18461913. 



Sir George Davies was a son of Mr. John Davies, M.H.A., 

 the founder of the Hobart "Mercury,"' and for many years 

 he was connected with the management of that paper. He 

 was a member of the House of Assembly from 1884 until 

 his death, and from 1903 to' 1912 he was Speaker. Sir 

 George was prominent in municipal affairs, and he was 

 Mayor of Hobart for several years. Few men have taken 

 as active and varied a part in public life, and in private 

 life his genial bonhomie won him a wide circle of friends 

 He was elected to the Society in 1884, and he remained a 

 member until his death. 



THOMAS STEPHENS, M.A., F.G.S., 1S30-1913. 



Mr. Thomas Stephens was the second son of the E-ev. 

 William Stephens, B.A., vicar of Levens, Westmoreland, 

 England, and was born at Levens in 1830. He received 

 his education at Marlborough College, proceeding thence 

 to Oxford in 1850. Here he entered first at Queen's 

 College, where his elder brother, William John Stephens, 

 for many years Professor of Geology and Palaeontology in 

 the University of Sydney, was Fellow and Tutor ; but he 

 subsequently obtained a scholarship at Magdalen-hall, now 

 Hertford College. In 1854 he took his B.A. degree, and 

 ten years later received that of M.A. In 1855 Mr. Stephens 

 emigrated to Victoria, intending to follow pastoral pur- 

 suits, but in 1856 he came to Tasmania. He was sub- 

 warden of Christ's College, Bishopsbourne, for a short 

 time before it was closed early in 1857. Later in the 

 same year he accepted the appointment of Inspector of 

 Schools under the Northern Board of Education. On the 

 amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Boards in 

 1863 he was appointed Inspector of Schools for Tasmania. 

 While occupying this position, Mr. Stephens had a large 

 and important share in the organisation of the system of 

 primary education, and he was the first to introduce a 

 standard of instruction for the schools, and a scheme of 

 classification for teachers. On the passing of the Educa- 

 iion Act in 1885, which placed the Department under the 

 direct control of a Minister of the Crown, the offices of 

 Chief Inspector and Secretary were amalgamated, and Mr. 

 Stephens was appointed permanent head, v/ith the title of 



