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REPORT, 



The Session of 1869 was opened on the 9th 

 March, with a paper by F. Abbott, Esq., F.R.A.S., 

 on the late '' Transit of Mercury over the Sun's 

 Disc," and the following papers were read at the 

 monthly meetings during the year : — '' Eemarks 

 on the Geological Structure of Part of the 

 North Coast of Tasmania, with special refer- 

 ence to the Tertiary Marine Beds near Table 

 Cape," by T. Stephens, M.A. ; '' On the Manu- 

 facture of Beet Sugar in New South Wales," 

 by James Barnard, Esq. ; '' Nobert's test-plate, 

 Moller's Diatom type slide, and Modern Micro- 

 scopes," by F. Abbott, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.R.M.S. 

 '' Net fishing in the Eiver Derwent," by M. 

 Allport, Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.S. '' Notes on the oc- 

 currence of gold at Port Cygnet," by T. Stephens, 

 Esq., M.A. 



Communications to the Secretary, by E. D. 

 Harrop, Esq., F.R.M.S., of Launceston, on the 

 development of the Fasciola hepatica (Sheep 

 Fluke) and on the Phylactidium pulchellum (one 

 of the confervoid Algse) were also read by permis- 

 sion of the Council. 



The Annual Microscopical Soiree was held on 

 the last evening of the Session, and as the Fellows 

 had the privilege of introducing ladies, a very 

 large number of visitors attended, who were both 

 pleased and interested in the examination of the 

 numerous objects collected for their inspection. 



The monthly Meteorological Tables have been 

 regularly published, and copies of them forwarded 

 to the Government observatories at Melboui-nO; 



