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career of iisefuluess among lis. Aud. now 

 I beg leave to be allowed to give a short 

 summary' of the hisiory, for the past year, 

 of the Eoyal Society, and of the Museum 

 and Art Gallery, insititutions which are 

 closel}^ allied with it. The council of the 

 society aud the Museum Boaid of Trus- 

 tees have suffered great los? in the death 

 of the thi ee revered members whose names 

 I have already mentioned. And, by the re- 

 signation and departure of Bishop Mont- 

 gomery, the council has been deprived of 

 the services of one of its niost practical 

 and active workers. The four vacancies 

 thus created have been filled by the ap- 

 pointment of the Honourable Gamaliel 

 Butler. M.R.C.S.E.. M.L.C.. Professor 

 Neil Smith. M.A.. Mr. L. Rodsvar, and 

 Mr. A. Mault. The high charac- 

 ter and the scientific attainments of these 

 men are well known to you, and need no 

 comment f j om me. The scientific objects 

 of the society have been furthered, and its 

 records enlightened and enriched by the 

 presentations of nineteen papers' on Orni- 

 thology, Ichthyology, Conchology, 

 Geology, Botany, Astronomv. and Geo- 

 graphy. The subjects and atithois of these 

 papers are the following: — 



Ornithology. — 1. Note of the birds of 

 Tasmania, bv Col. W. V. Legge, E.A., 

 C.M.Z.S. 



loht'hyolcgy. — 2. The Fishes of Tas- 

 mantia. "by B. M. Johnston, F.S.S. 



Conchology. — 3, The re'cent Mo'hisca of 

 Tasmania, by Miss Ma:y Lodder. 4. 

 Notes 'on some Land shells fiom Maria 

 Island, by \V. F. Petterd. C.M.Z.S. 



Geology. — 5. The Mineral-s of Tasmania. 

 6. Description and analysis of a new 

 •species of Mineral. "Petterdite," a new 

 Ox.ychloride of lead. 7. Ue-cripfion of ;?- 

 Meteorite from the Cay'ra River. 8. 

 Microscopic structure of isome Tasmanian 

 Toeks, by W. F. Petterd. C.M.Z.S. 9. 

 Outlines .of the geology of Tasmania. 10. 

 Progress of the mineral iudustiv of Tas- 

 mania, by W. H. Twelvetrees, F^.G.S. 11. 

 Flexible sandstone, by Proie-sor E. G. 

 Hogg, M.A. 12. Nates on the discovery of 

 coiai at Wvnrard, bv R. M. .Johnston, 

 F.S.S. 



Botemy. — 13. Tasmanian botany, by L. 

 Rodway. 14. The present and future 

 l)riospect9 of timber in Tasmania, by Wm. 

 Heyn. 1'). The value of the timber in- 

 dustry in Tasmania, by A. O. Green'e. 16. 

 Practical forestry in Tasma-nia. bv A. 

 Mault. 



Astronomy. — 17. Asbronomical observa- 

 tions at the Cape by H. C. Kingsmill, 

 M.A. 



Geogranhical. — 18. Notes on a, trip to 

 Barn Blutf. by .1. W. Beattie. 19. Ac- 

 count of a visit to British Columbia for 

 the purpose of introducing the sockeye 

 salmon i( )uchorhynchus jieikti) in Tas- 

 manian waters. b,y Alex. Morton. 



Antarctic Expedition. 

 The annals of science have been marked 

 by the departure of the Antarctic ship 

 Discovery, under the command of Captain 

 Scott, Royal Navy, assisted by a staff of 

 highly scientific men — among whom is Mr. 

 L. Beruacchi, a .young man, educated at 

 the Hutchins School, in Hobart. Mr. 

 Bernacchi was the meteorologist of the 

 Southern Cross Expedition, which, under 

 Sir George Newnes, explored the Ant- 

 arctic m 1898-99. On the return of that 

 expedition to London, Mr. Bernacchi was 

 awarded by the Royal Geographical So- 

 ciety of England the society^s diploma, the 

 Cuthbert Grant Medal, and the so- 

 ciety's gold watch, for his distinguished 

 services. 



A.A.A.S. Ninth Mesting. 



The dignity of Hobart as a seat of 

 science has been .enhanced by a session of 

 the Australasian AssociatiDn for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science. I believe I may sa.y 

 that this was the most successful meeting 

 of the association ever held in Austral- 

 asia. Seven hundred members attended 

 the session. A session ot the Intercolonial 

 Medical Congress has also been held in 

 Hobart; and, although this congress is 

 not directly connected with the Royal So- 

 ciety, I ma.y claim that its session in. Tas- 

 mania has added to the scientific lustre 

 of the year. 



New Additions to the Tasmanian Museum. 



In the next place, I wish to draw your 

 attention for a moment to the important 

 extensions and improvements which have 

 been made to the accommodation of the 

 Eoyal Society, by the addition of the room 

 in which we hold this evening's meeting, 

 to the buildings of the Museum, and of the 

 Art G£.lTery, and to the additions which 

 iiave been m'ade to the collections of the 

 Art Gallery. I have already aWuded to 

 the splendid gift 'oy Sir James Agnew of 

 the statue of Medusa — probably the finest 

 piece of sculpture to be seen in the 

 Southern Hemisphere. In addition to 

 this, the same generous benefactor has be- 

 queathed to the Art Gallery several paint- 

 ings of great beauty, and of high artistic 

 merit. The Art Gallery has also been 

 further enriched in the same way by 

 munificent gifts, made by two ladies, the 

 daughters of a Tasmanian statesman, 

 whose name holds a distinguished place in 

 the history of this country. A liberal 

 grant of money by Parliament has enabled 

 the Board of Trustees of the Museum, 

 upon which the Council of the Eoyal So- 

 ciety are strongly represented, to complete 

 the new wing of the Museum 

 building, to provide a more suit- 

 able room for Tasmanian exhibits, 

 and to add a large room specially 



