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they were gradually running down that line ever since. It was true 

 that there were only a few who worked in the Society, but there were 

 many difficulties in the way. It was a question, however, whether they 

 might not enlarge their work by having lectures on such subjects as light 

 and heat, etc. He was glad to see that technical education had been 

 introduced, and he would like to see it extended much further, as he 

 believed that to keep pacs with the world they must go in for education. 

 With regard to art, a subject on which His E.vcellency had touched, he 

 believed there was a brighter time coming in this direction after the lull 

 which had been experienced. They suffered by the superior attractions 

 of the other colonies, and as soon as they got good men amongst them 

 they lost them again. He was reminded whilst speaking of this that 

 one of the exhibits of drawing which had been forwarded by the 

 Technical School to the Centennial Exhibition had been sent for by 

 Victorians, and lost to the colony simply because their friends over the 

 water had noticed the lad's ability. However, he did not think they 

 should be discouraged, but go on and do their best in educating the 

 youth of the colony. 



Mr. Barnard made the following remarks : As Your Excellency has been 

 pleased to make mention, in your interesting address, of my recent visit to 

 Sydney, to attend the meeting of the Australian Association for the Pro- 

 motion of Science, I may be permitted to give some particulars of that 

 visit. Up to the last moment I had no intention of being present, until I 

 learnt that our highly esteemed Honorary Secretary ard Vice-President, 

 the Hon. Dr. Agnew, had excused himself on the score of illness from 

 giving attendance at the meeting, where he was to have read a Presidential 

 address on the .science of Anthropology. As I had been appointed, in con- 

 junction -with Hi.s Lordship the Bishop, to represent our Royal Society at 

 this meeting of the Association, I determined, although at the eleventh hour 

 (not liking our Society to be unrepresented), to attend the meeting, knowing 

 that the Bishop could not possibly leave the more important work of his 

 diocese. The proceedings of the Association commenced on the 28th of August; 

 but owing to untoward circumstances I was unable to leave Tasmania before 

 that very day, arriving in Sydney on the 30th, so that all the bloom was, as 

 it were, taken off, as the various Presidential addresses had been delivered 

 before my arrival. However, I at once set to work to make the best of the 

 fragment of time remaining ; and I accordingly devoted myself to two 

 subjects which I conceived would be of especial interest to our Royal 

 Society. The first of these was the fixing by the general body of members 

 of the places of meeting of the Association for 1889 and 1890. In the 

 discussion I urged the claims of Hobart for the distinction of being chosen 

 upon several grounds which appeared to me sufficiently cogent. The first 

 ground was the priority over other scientific bodies in Australia of our 

 Royal Society, which was founded in 1843, and of its predecessor, the 

 Tasmanian Society, establi.shed in 1840. The second gi-ound was, that it 

 must prove agreeable to the members of the Association to escape from the 

 sultry heats of Australia to enjoy the cool breezes of Tasmania. The third 

 ground was that Hobart was a city when Victoria was in the cradle. The 

 fourth and la.st ground was, that Victoria owed its parentage to Tasmania 

 its first settlers having come from our island ; and then I was guilty of the 

 pedantry of quoting from an ode of Horace which came into my mind — 

 " O matre pulchni ttlia pulchrior ! " 



Although my motion was seconded by Professor EUery, who spoke strongly 

 in its favour, wc were outnumbered in the voting, and it was lost in favour 

 of Melbourne for 1889. and of New Zealand ft)r 1S90. However, there is 

 little doubt that in 1891 Hobart would be chosen in preference to Adelaide, 

 which had much fewer supporters in tiie divisions which took place. On 

 the second ([ueation, relative to the contemplated Antarctic Expedition, I 

 met with greater success. An excellent paper was read before the 



