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ANNUAL MEETING. 

 The annual meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania was held on 

 Tuesday, April 6, when there were present : — Sir Lambert Dobson 

 (Chief Justice) in the chair; R.S. Bright, M.R.C.S..E., Messrs. C. J. 

 Atkins, Bernard Shaw, L. Rodway, B. Solly, J. R. McClymont, M.A., 

 and the secretary (Mr. A. Morton). Apologies were received from Sir 

 James Agnew (the Senior Vice-President), Messrs. James Barnard, 

 R. M. Johnston, and A. G. Webster. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The Secretary read the annual report recapitulating the work of 

 the year, and 



The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, said it 

 certainly disclosed that many important and interesting matters had 

 been discussed and much good work done during the year. The 

 subjects had been of a very varied character, and some of them had 

 come home to all. Indeed, several of the papers read and considered 

 during the year had been of deep importance to the public, and must 

 contribute to beneficial results. The number of members who had been 

 elected during the year was considerable. They were keeping up the 

 numbers wonderfully well. The library continued to increase, and they 

 were gradually accumulating a very valuable collection of books upon 

 their shelves. He was sure they felt grateful to the British Govern- 

 ment for having sent them a copy of the great work on the Challenger 

 Expedition, which he supposed was the most important scientific work 

 the world had ever produced. Their finances were in a very healthy 

 condition and the subscriptions had been £50 more this year than 

 during the previous year. In these hard times this was something to 

 be said to their advantage also. The medical section, of which Dr. 

 Bright was president, was likely to prove a very useful one. Every- 

 thing which added to the usefulness of the work of the society was a 

 matter for which they all found grounds for congratulation. 



Dr. Bright seconded the motion, regarding the report as exceedingly 

 satisfactory. One or two preliminary meetings of the medical section 

 had been held. Almost the whole of the members of the medical pro- 

 fession in Hobart bad expressed their willingness to join, and had 

 attended one or more of the preliminary meetings that had been held. 

 They were deeply impressed with the tact that the Council of the Royal 

 Society had treated the medical men of Hobart with extreme liberality 

 in giving them generous help in forming the medical sectioc So much 

 was this the case that it became more desirable, and more advantageous 

 to the profession, to affiliate themselves as a branch of the Royal 

 Society, than to form an indepeadent Medical Society of their own. 

 The delay in carrying on some of the preliminary work of the branch 

 was at present partly attributable to Dr. Sprott having gone to 

 Melbourne at the invitation of Professor Allen, of the Melbourne 

 University^ to examine *he latest bacteiiological appliances there, and 

 see what were those most necessary for the bacteriological laboratory 

 at the hospital. 



The motion was agreed to. 



Mr. Bernard Shaw moved,— "That the retiring members of the 

 re-Council be elected, as follows :— Sir James Wilson Agnew, Hon. N. 

 J. Brown, Colonel W. V. Legge, and Mr. R. M. Johnston. 



Mr. L Rodway seconded. 



