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REPORTS OF SECTIONS 



HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL SECTION. 



1. Meetings. 



The Annual Meeting of the Historical Section of the 

 Royal Society was held on 21st June. The resignation of 

 Mr. J. Moore-Robinson from the position of Honorary Sec- 

 retary was accepted, and Mr. J. Reynolds was elected to 

 the position. It was decided to hold only three more meet- 

 ings at monthly intervals if possible during the remaining 

 part of the year. The dilapidated state of Old St. David's 

 Burial Ground was brought before the notice of members, 

 and it was decided that the section should actively interest 

 itself in a scheme for preservation. The meeting concluded 

 with an inspection of original sketches of early Tasmania in 

 possession of the Royal Society. 



The second meeting of the Section was held on IDth 

 July. 1923. The chief business was the discussion of the 

 measures the section should take regarding the preservation 

 of Old St. David's Burial Ground. A short lecture entitled 

 "The Cenesis of Industry in Tasmania," illustrated with 

 lantern slides, was given by Mr. J. Reynolds. 



The third meeting was htld on 22nd August, and the 

 entire evening was devoted to discussing practical measures 

 for the pi-eservation of Old St. David's Burial Ground. 

 Representatives of the Church authorities and other gentle- 

 men actively interested were present. Afier discussion two 

 motions were carried. The first, that the Church authorities 

 he requested to confer with the City Council reunrding a 

 scheme for preservation, t'.ie Historical Section lending them 

 all assistance possible. The second motion embodied the de- 

 tails of a scheme for the City Council to consider, in which 

 it wa.«- proposed to reserve only a small area of the Burial 

 Ground and therein suitably arrange all monuments of 

 historic interest. 



The last meeting was held on l.')th November. A con- 

 siderable aiTiount of important business was brought befcjre 

 the meeting, including the position of the Tasman memorial, 

 the propo.sed erection of a memorial to early navigators at 

 Adventure Bay, the commemoration of centenary of con- 

 stitutional separation from N.S. Wales, and the status of the 

 section. At the lermination of the business Mr. W. F. D. 

 F.utler read a paper on the Lady Franklin Mu.seum and the 

 Ancanthe estate. 



