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HOBART MEETING, JANUARY, 1892. 



EEPOET OF DELEGATES FEOM THE KOYAL SOCIETY 

 OF QUEENSLAND. 



[Read before the Royal Society of Queetislancl, February 12th, 1892, 

 by John Shirley, B.Sc] 



HoBAKT was chosen as the fourth meeting-place of the 

 Association at the Melbourne gathering of January, 1890 ; the 

 President, Sir Robert G. C. Hamilton, K.C.B. ; the Vice-Presi- 

 dents, the Revd. Thos. Blackburn, Hon. A. Norton, M.L.A., 

 Professor Kernot, and Mr. H. C. Russell ; and the General 

 Secretary, Mr. A. Morton, were elected at the Christchurch 

 meeting of January, 1891 ; the officers of the various sections 

 were nominated by the Hobart local committee, the sectional 

 presidents being selected from men of scientific attainments 

 outside Tasmania, while the remaining sectional officers were 

 mainly Tasmanian. Prior to the meeting, arrangements had 

 been completed by which associates could travel by rail and 

 steamer at reduced rates. Members giving notice of their 

 intention to be present at Hobart were supplied with pamphlets 

 containing full information as to the objects of the Association, 

 its rules and officers, with a list of papers to be read, and a 

 handbook giving a concise account of Tasmanian history, trade, 

 statistics, &c. 



