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1913. 



at Mangana ; while the last, in 1912, is on the mineral 

 springs on the North-West Coast. Mr. Stephens corre- 

 sponded with many geologists in other countries, and at 

 meetings of the Society he would often read their letters 

 on questions of interest to students of the geology of Tas- 

 mania. Mr. Stephens also contributed geological papers 

 to the Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South 

 Wales, and to other societies ; and at the meeting of the 

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 

 in Hobart in 1902 he read a valuable summar}^ of what 

 was known of the mesozoic diabase of Tasmania. 



Mr. Stephens's knowledge of geology was always at the 

 disposal of his friends, and he would take much trouble in 

 answering any inquiries which were made of him. For 

 the last fiftv years of his life his home was in Hobart. He 

 built himself several houses, into the last of which he 

 moved only a. few weeks before his death. He was twice 

 married, and leaves several children. 



RUSSELL YOUNG, 18.38-1913. 



Mr. Russell Young was a son of Mr. Thomas Young, one 

 of the first solicitors in Tasmania, who settled in Hobart 

 in 1824. Born in 1838, Mr. Young was educated at the 

 High School, and was admitted as a solicitor in 1862. He 

 practised his profession until his death, and for nearly 50 

 years he was City Solicitor. He was elected to the Society 

 in 1864, and he became one of the most active members. 

 From 1872 to 1877 Mr. Young sat in the House of As- 

 sembly as member for Franklin. Among the subjects in 

 which he was interested were forestry and the preserva- 

 tion of scenery. In April, 1876, His Excellency Mr. F. A. 

 Weld, in his inaugural address at the opening of the 

 Society's session, had pleaded "for the preservation of the 

 ''ferns and forests which are fast disappearing from the 

 "sides of Mount Wellington," and had urged that Mount 

 Wellington should be "preserved to future generations as a 

 '"noble public forest and park." Shortly afterwards Mr. 

 Young, from his lolace in Parliament, moved that a reserve 

 of 3,750 acres — which includes the whole of what is 

 now the Mountain Park, as well as portion of the area re- 

 served in connection with the Water supply of Hobart — 

 "should be made as an inalienable forest for the benefit of 

 "the inhabitants of Tasmania." Both Houses of Parliar 

 ment adopted an address to the Govemor asking for this 

 reservation; and the Report of the Society for 1876 re- 

 cords that, "owing to the exertion in Parliament of one oi' 

 "our Fellows. Mr. Russell Young, this great boon has been 



