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Prince of Wale? Bay. As far as the trees in Prince of 

 Wales Bay were concerned, he was of the opinion that not 

 one of them was 100 years old. 



Mr. L. Rodway said that the trees in the locality were 

 slow growine:, the greater number would not be more than 

 70 years old, but there was one tree which nii.uht be a very 

 considerable a«;e. He considered the trees of no value at 

 all to not<? the position. 



Major L. F. Giblin said that the impression he j^ot was 

 that the problem could not be solved. He had not hearu of 

 anything- which was in harmony with all the data. Possibly 

 there were mistakes in the journal or the charts. As it 

 stood the evidence before them was not conclusive as to the 

 exact site of the landing. 



Captain Bowerman said that Tasman's chart was not 

 as vague as they thought. The anchor was positively shown, 

 and the course could be followed, and any snjall error of 

 bearings would nol affect the result as far as the location 

 of the bay was concerned. A detailed Admiralty chart of 

 that section of the East Coast of Tasmania was badly needed. 



Mr. John Reynolds (Honorary Secretary, Historical 

 Section) dwelt upon the need for accuracy in historical mat- 

 ters and also stated his opinion that the bar across the inner* 

 cove was at any rate largely of natural formation. Mr. 

 Reynolds moved that the Society alter the inscription on the 

 monument from "At this spot, etc.," to "Near this spot, etc." 

 The motion was carried. 



