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REPORT. 



The Council of the Royal Society of Tasmania have 

 much pleasure in submitting the following Report for 

 1891. 



The first monthly meeting took place on April 22nd, 

 when the President, His Excellency Sir R. G. C. 

 Hamilton, K.C.B., occupied the Chair, there being a good 

 attendance of Fellows, Lady Hamilton and several ladies 

 being also present. Mr. A. Morton, who, in conjunction 

 with Mr. C. H. Grant (then absent from the Colony), had 

 been appointed as Delegates from the Royal Society to 

 the third meeting of the Australasian Association for the 

 Advancement of Science held at Christchurch, New 

 Zealand, in 1891, gave an interesting account of their pro- 

 ceedings, reporting that Hobart had been fixed as the 

 next place of meeting, and that His Excellency Sir 

 R. G. C. Hamilton bad consented to fill the important 

 office of President. 



Six meetings of the Society have been held, that of 

 November having been postponed owing to the near 

 approach of the Science Congress in January. All the 

 meetings had been well attended by the Fellows. 



Thirteen papers have been read, on many of which 

 interesting discussions took place, pfis Excellency had 

 been present in the Chair on all occasions. The subjects 

 of the papers read were : — 



By H. H. Montgomery, D.D., Bishop of Tasmania. 



1. "Account of the Mutton Birds or Sooty Petrels, as 

 seen in their homes among the Furneaux Islands, Bass 

 Straits, Tasmania." 



By M. M. Johnston, F.L.S. 



2. " Notes on a Collection of Plant Impressions from 

 the Henty River." 



