XXVI 



ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, OCTOBER, 1903. 



The final evening meeting of the 1903 

 cession was held on 11th inst., Mr. 

 Bernard Shaw presiding. Owing to the 

 inclement weather the attendance was 

 limited. Among those present were: — 

 Bishop Mercer, Messrs. K. M. Johnston, 

 L. Kodway, C. B. Target, and A. O. 

 Greei). Prior to the business of the 

 meeting being proceeded with, the chair- 

 man said he felt sure the members would 

 agree with him in conveying to their 

 friend, Mr. R. M. Johnston, their hearty 

 congratulations on His Majesty's having 

 been plea'-ed to bestow on him the Im- 

 perial Service Order. Not only from Mr. 

 Johnston's work as a Civil Service officer, 

 but also from a scientific point, he (the 

 chairman) could say that no one in Tas- 

 mania had worked harder than their 

 friend. (Applause.) 



The secretary referred to the work that 

 Mr. Johnston had done during his resi- 

 dence in Tasmania. The secretary read 

 extracts from Professor Judd, the late 

 Sir Robert Hamilton, and the Rev. 

 Julian Tenison Woods, in which the 

 three named spoke in the highest praise 

 of Mr. Johnston's Avork on the geology of 

 Tasmania. 



Mr. Johnston, in a few words, thanked 

 the members for their kind reference. 

 He (the speaker) felt proud of the high 

 honour that His Gracious Majesty had 

 been pleased to confer upon him. 



Papers. 



In the absence of the author (Prof. E. 

 G, Hogg, M.A.) Mr. R. M. Johnston read 



the paper entitled "The glacial beds at 

 Port Cygnet." It w^as decided that dis- 

 cussion on this paper should be taken at 

 a future meeting. 



Mr. R. M. Johnston submitted some in- 

 teresting notes on specimens of fossil 

 flora and a fossil fish, discovered at Tin- 

 der Box Bay, and also some remarks on 

 some fossil shells (Spirifer triangularis). 

 A further paper by Mr. Johnston was 

 read, entitled, ''Notes on the Reidle Bay 

 Conglomerates, Maria Island." The 

 author said the chief object which he 

 had in view in submitting this paper was 

 to dra,w attention of the members of 

 the society to a remarkable formation on 

 the -eastern side of Maria Island, be- 

 tween Ragged Head in the north, and 

 Cape Bald in the southern side. It is 

 not often, said Mr. Johnston, that local 

 observers have the opportunity of visit- 

 ing this remote spot, but, in the hope 

 that others may aid in throwing more 

 light on this interesting geological prob- 

 lem, he had specially drawn the atten- 

 tion of the members of the Royal Society 

 of Tasmania. 



Mr. L. Rodway read two very carefully 

 prepared papers, dealing with some fungi 

 found occurring in Tasmania. 



Discussion followed at the close of each 

 paper, the Bishop of Tasmania, Messrs. 

 L. RodAvajr, A. O. Green, and others, tak- 

 ing part. 



A vote of thanks to the authors of 

 papers was proposed by the chairman. 



The session of 1903 then closed. 



