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Mount Wedge and via Lake Pedder, but in the interests of mining 

 exploration that would not be advisable. He commended very strongly 

 the preliminary work of exploiting tracks, but the whole area should 

 be well explored before there was any proposal for a railway, 

 Discussion on the paper was postponed. 



OTHEE PAPERS. 



The Question of Land Routes from Eastern to Western Tasmania, by 

 Thos. Stephens, M.A., F.G.S. Notes on the Nidification of the Black 

 Cockatoo, and Description of some New and Rare Fish, Lampris luna 

 and Antennarius mitchelli, by Alex. Morton. Classified list of the 

 Tasmanian Minerals, by W. F. Petterd, F.Z.S. 



COMET PHENOMENA. 



Mr. Water F. Gale, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of 

 London, on a visit to the colony, with the aid of a lantern manipulated 

 by Mr. Nat Oldham, gave a most interesting description of some 

 comet phenomena, and was accorded a vote of thanks, after which the 

 proceedings terminated. 



