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JULY, 1902. 



The montMy meetiug of the Eoyal So- 

 ciety of Tasmania was held on the 8th of 

 July at t'Jie rooms, Argyle-street. His Ex- 

 cellency 'the Governor (Sir A. E. Havelock, 

 G.C.S.I.. G.C.M.G.), (preside.nt of the So- 

 cietj") presided. 



The King's Illness. 



His Excellency the Governor said: — 

 As members of the Eoyal Society of Tas- 

 mania, of which Her Majesty tlie late 

 Queen was, and His present Majesty King 

 Edward VII. is, patron, it was fitting 

 they should join in expressing the feel- 

 ings of public satisfaction and happiness 

 at the news received during the last few 

 days of the successful recovery of His 

 Majesty the King from an illnesis, the re- 

 sult of which was watched with so much 

 ■anxiety a fortnight ago. (Applause.) 

 There was one other matter of congratu- 

 lation he should like lo mention concern- 

 ing one of the oldest members of the 

 Eoyal Society — the honour which His Ma- 

 jesty had been pleased to confer upon 

 their friend Sir Adye Douglas. (Applause.) 

 He was so well known to all in Tas'mania 

 and Australia that any words of his as to 

 Siir Adye Douglas's place in the com- 

 munity or his past history would be su- 

 perfluous. The honour conferred upon 

 him in his 87th year had given pleasure 

 and satisfaction to them, and to all Tas- 

 mania. (Applause.) 



Sir Adye Douglas briefly replied. 



New Member. 



Mr. Edmund Leolin Piesse, B.Sc, of 

 New Town was elected a Fellow of the So- 

 ciety. 



Proposed Eetirement of the Queensland 

 Colonial Botanist. 



Mr. Eodway, member of the Council of 

 the Eoyal Society of Tasmaniia. moved 

 the following resolution, — "That this So- 

 ciety hears with sincere regret the inten- 

 tion of the Qtieensland Government to re- 

 tire Mr. F. M. Bailey from the position of 

 State Botanist. It would respectfullv urge 

 that if this cannot be avoided, it may at 

 least be delayed until the completion of 

 Mr. Bailey's valuable work, "The Queens- 

 land Flora." 



The motion wsis seconded by Col. W. V. 

 Legge, E.A., and carried unanimously. 



Mr. E. A. Counsel, F.E.G.S., Surveyor- 

 General of Tasmania, w'ho was to have 

 taken part in a discussion on "Forest Con- 

 servation," forwarded the following tele- 

 gram from Launceston : — ''Pleaee apolo- 

 gise for my unavoidable absence from 

 meeting of Eoyal Society. Hoped to have 

 returned on Saturday night." 



Papers. 



"Notes on Unrecorded land other Mine- 

 rals Occurring in Tasmania," by W. F. 

 Pettea-d, C.M.Z.S., Lend. The writer, in 

 tiie opening remarks of his paper, 

 said: — The following notes, in con- 

 junction with a paper upon the subject 

 published in tihe proceedings of the E03W 

 Society of Tasmania, 1897, embraces the 

 work done to elucidate the mineralogy of 

 the State isince the publication of the 

 "Minerals of Tasmania,'' 189S. They com- 

 prise many interesting substances of moTe 

 recent discovery, including one, or per- 

 haps two, which are quite new to miner- 

 alogical science. It will be found that 

 above 40 species hitherto unknown as oc- 

 curring in this island have been added to 

 the lalready voluminous catalogue, and 

 additional localities and associations are 

 recorded for several previously known. 

 An imi)ortant feature is the record of se- 

 veral complete .analj^ses of complex sub- 

 stances for which I am indebted to Mr. 

 S. Pascoe, of the Magnet Silver Mining 

 Co., and Mr. 0. E. White, of Hobart, to 

 whom I return my sincere thanks ^or 

 their ready and valuable assistaince. SucSh 

 work is invariably a welcome addition to 

 mineralogioal investig'^ation. and I am 

 sure it will be duly appreciated by those 

 interested in this field of inquiry. In 

 many cases it is only hy such means, 

 coupled with a crystallographic chaiacter. 

 hat the specific identity can. he obtained 

 with reasonable certainty. It is almost 

 needless to say that in this department 

 much yet remains to be done before we 

 can possess a comprehensive knowledge of 

 the mineral known to occur in this Stat'f 

 The list, with descrii^tions and localities^ 

 number 77 species, and will prove to bp 

 a most valuable addition to our knowledge 

 of Tasmanian minerals. 



Note on Euoailyptus linearis, Dehn- 

 hardt (a supposed Tasmanian species), by 

 J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., Director. Botanic 

 Gardens, Sydney. (Corresponding mem- 

 ber) : — 



