Xxi. 



l^-f)fi'SS()r J''l.viin lead a paper entitled ■'Notes on Marsu 

 pialiaii Anatomy, pt, iii." It dealt with certain of the inter- 

 ival oitj;ans oi the Thvhicine, or nativ<> tiy;er. In many re- 

 spects they ai^i-eed w itli those of Sai'c()])hihi,s, th(» nati\o (h^vil, 

 \yhich helony;cd to the same ^ronp of marsupials as tiie dasyu- 

 ridw, and were cliaract<'rised by the same simplicity. 



The Cliairman stated that Dr. Ireland had promised to read 

 a paper on "Vaccine Treatment of General Blood Infections," 

 but as it dealt purely and simply with a medical subject it was 

 necessary for him to have it read before the British Medical As- 

 scciation. The pa[>er was thert^fore withdrawn. 



A number of water-colour diM\\inL;;s of 'i'asniaiiian natives, 

 by F. G. Simpkinson de Wesselow, the propei'ty of the Society, 

 were exhibited. 



OCTOBER 14, 1912. 



A si>eeial meet i no- of the Royal Society ^^as held in the 

 Museum at 8 p.m. Dr. Clarke occupied the chair. 



Tlie bu.siness of the meeting was to consider a requisition 

 for the purpose of altering Rule 8, so as to fix the annual 

 subscription at 30s. 



Mr, Piesse moved the alteration, and Mr. Green seconded 

 it. Piofessor Flynn supported the motion. 



For the successful working of the Society it was considered 

 necessary to raise the subscription from £1 Is. to £1 10s., as 

 in the immediate past. 



Messrs. Rodway, Johnson, Kermode, and Chapman opi>os- 

 ed the motion upon the ground that it would be better to give 

 the rule another- year's trial. 



The motion was put to the meeting and lost. 



THE QUESTION 0¥ THE SUBSCRIPTION. 



A special meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania was 

 held to consider a proposal to raise the subscription. Dr. A. 

 k. Clarke presided. 



Mr. E. L. Piesse (hon. treasurer) moved that the annual 

 subscription Ije increased to 30s. He said that the 

 subscription had been 3Gs. for many years, but at the last 

 revision of the rules it was reduced to 21s. for the current year. 

 The reduction in the subscription had slightly increased the 

 m.embership, but not sufficiently to meet the society's wants. 

 He submitted a statement showing the progress of the Society 

 during the last twelve years. The membership had increased 



