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appropriated to the exhibitiou of objects 

 and trophies, which will show to advan- 

 tage specimens of the produ-ts of the 

 Tasmauian mines and ot the timber and 

 cabinet woods found in the State. Photo- 

 graphs, by the artistic hand of Mr. Beait- 

 tie, in number about six hundred, repre- 

 senting tli« beautiful scenery of 

 Tasmania, have been hung on 

 the walls of this room. The Museum and 

 the Art Gallery now form institutions of 

 which Tasmania maj' be justly proud, and 

 with which, as a means of illustrating and 

 bringing into notice the re-ources, the at- 

 tractions, and the progress of Tasmania, 

 and as a mean> of cultivating our taste 

 for what is beautiful and elevating, we 

 may well be satisfied. 



Mr. Vice-President and members of tlie 

 council, ladies and gentlemen, — I think 

 you will concur with me in the gratifying 

 opinion which I venture to express, that 

 the Eoyal Society has, in co-operation 

 with the Board of Trustees of the Museum, 

 worked well during the past year, towards 

 their combined purpose, of promoting 

 science, art, and the progress of the coun- 

 try. I trust the sessional year of the Koyal 

 Societ}-, which begins to-daj^, will, at its 

 close, show equally good results. 



Late Sir J. Agnew. 



Col. W. V. Legge, E.A., moved,— 'That 

 in the further recognition of the valuable 

 services rendered by the late Sir James 

 Agnew to the Royal Society of Tasmania 

 and to the community generally as a 

 liberal patron of art and science, a sub- 

 committee of the council be appointed to 

 draw up an ohituar}' notice to be pub- 

 lished in the Society's Transactions of 

 1901; such committee to consist of the 

 Hon. N. J. Brown, Mbssts. Thos. Ste- 

 phens, M.A., E. M. Johnston, F.S.S., and 

 the mover.'' 



Mr. A. G. Webster seconded the reso- 

 lution, which was agreed to. 



Papers. 



Grapitolites in Tasmania. 



Professor E. G. Hogg, M.A., read a pa- 

 per by Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A., Melbourne, 

 on '"'Discovery of Graptolites in Tas- 

 mania.'" 



A brief discussion upon the paper fol- 

 lowed, in which Mr. E. M. Johnston and 

 Professor Hogg took part. 



''Tasmania as a Manufacturing Centre."" 

 By Mr. E. E. Naghten B.A. 



The advent of federation, and the 

 consequent abolition of intercolonial 

 duties, are bringing aibout new condi- 

 tions, which are well worth the at- 

 tention of the British manufacturer or 



capitalist. Of no pait of the Common- 

 wealth is this truer than of Tasmania. 

 In the first place, Tasmania possesses, in 

 a superabundant degree, what is conspicu- 

 ously wanting in ail tiie other federated 

 States, namely, water power. To this 

 must be added the fact that, owing to 

 the peculiar configuration of the island, 

 this water power can be utilised at the 

 mouth of the Derwent, on which Hobart, 

 the capital, is sittiated; in other words, 

 this water power is available in conjunc- 

 tion with one of the finest natural har- 

 bours in the world. To get some idea of 

 the natural features of tlie island Avhich 

 bring about this resultant water power, 

 Tasmania may be compared to an inverted 

 and slightly elongated basin. From the 

 very coast inwards the whole island i« 

 mountainous, and the^e mountain ranges 

 ctilminate in a vast plateau in the mid- 

 lands, where the large annual rainfall is 

 stored in the natural reservoir of the lake 

 district. These mountain ranges, covered 

 in many places with vast indigenous for- 

 ests, attract the atmospheric moisture 

 which the neighbouring continent of Aus- 

 tralia, owing to its flat and monotonous 

 landscape, is unable to retain, and from 

 this high plateau the water so a.ccumulat- 

 ed descends by one or other of the natural 

 courses to the coast line in a series of 

 abrupt falls in a comparatively short 

 space, in a manner that seems almost 

 ideal for the best development of water 

 power. For instance, the Dee river, 

 which is the natural outlet of Lake Echo, 

 starts at a barometrical altitude of 2,975 

 feet, and the total fall in the short -dis- 

 tance of 27 miles is 2,675 feet. (N.B. — • 

 The height of the Great Lake, 3,350 feet, 

 and that of Lake St. Clair 2,500 feet above 

 the sea.) Eeport by K. L. Eahbek, Mem- 

 Dan. Assoc. C.E. An interesting profes- 

 sional report on the possibilities of the 

 water power that is available from three 

 of the central lakes, namely, Lake St. 

 Clair, Lake Echo, and the Great Lake, has 

 lately been presented to the Tasmanian 

 Houses of Parliament. From this report 

 it appears that the horse-power probably 

 available from these three lakes amounts 

 to a total of 82,000 actual horse-power, 

 represented by 46,000 from Lake St, Clair, 

 9,000 from Lake Echo, and 27,000 from the 

 Great Lake. In this connection Mr. 

 Eahbek says: — "It must be borne in mind 

 that by obtaining the power as specified, I 

 have not in any way prejudiced the irri- 

 gation question; in fact, it has helped to 

 solve it, inasmuch as I have made provi- 

 sion for giving ample compensation water 

 for all irrigable lands for the parts of the 

 rivers where water will be drawn for 

 power; and below the terminal power- 

 stations all the water is available for 

 any purpose, and will be forwarded in a 



steady stream all the year round 



In case it should be possible to make Ho- 



