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The Session of 1872 was opened on the 12th 

 March with a paper by F. Abbott, F.R.A.S., 

 F.R.M.S., entitled '^ Notes on the results of Five 

 Years' Meteorological Observations made at Hobart 

 Town ; " and the following papers were read at 

 the various subsequent monthly meetings, which 

 were held without intermission : — '^ Climate and 

 Vital Statistics of Tasmania," by Dr. E. Swarbreck 

 Hall ; " *' Tasmanian Pisciculture," by Judge 

 Francis ; ^^ Political Economy," by E. C. Nowell ; 

 '^ Observations on changes which have taken place 

 in the Nebula surrounding the Star v Argus," by 

 F. Abbott, F.R.A.S., &c. ; '' On the existence of 

 large animals, probably Seals, in the upland Lakes 

 of Tasmania," by C. Gould, F.G.S. ; '' Account 

 of an exploratory tour from Port Esperance to 

 Adamson's Peak, and discovery of a supposed new 

 species of Tree Fern," by J. R. Scott, M.H.A. ; 

 ^^ Irregularity in the growth of the Salmon," by 

 M. Allport, F.L.S., F.Z.S. ; '' Technology of a 

 Beet Sugar Factory," by J. Barnard. 



In addition to the above papers the following 

 subjects have been under discussion : — '' Minera- 

 logical specimens from the neighbourhood of 

 Oyster Cove (with correspondence)," '^ Develop- 

 ment of Foetal Marsupial, " *' Mineralogical 

 specimens (Porphyries) from near Black Bluff 

 Mountain, Middlesex Plains," '' Manufacture of 

 Iron from Tasmanian Ore," ^^ A Tree Fern lately 

 discovered on the North Coast of Tasmania," 

 '' Artificial hatching of Trout Ova," " The 

 economic growth of Angora Wool," '' The growth 

 of Sugar Beet in the Colony," &c., &c. 



The Meteoi^ological Observations have been 



