tories under its wing will not be allowed 

 to remain a dead letter. (Applause.) 



Discussion on the paper was poistponed 

 till the next meeting. 



Views of Tasmania. 



Mr. .7. W. Beattie then exhibited 

 (mainly for the benefit of the Italian 

 naval ofiBcers present) a magnificent lot of 

 photographic .slides of Tasmanian 

 scenery, and which excited frequent ap- 

 plause on the part of all present. Mr. 

 Nat vjiuham manipulated the lant-ern. 

 The first picture wa.s a portrait oif Abel 

 Tasman, who discovered Tasmania in 

 1642. and then his two ships, the Heems- 

 kirk and Zeehan, followed br beautiful 

 views of Hobart, Brown^s Eiver, Huon- 

 road Huon district, Hartz Mountains, 

 the Penini-;ula, New Xorfolk. and the Up- 

 per Derwent the Lakes, and the Lakes 

 country. West Coast, East Coast, and 

 Launceston, ending with pictures of the 

 last group of the Tasmanian aboriginals, 

 King Billy and Truganinni. 



The Mayor moved a vote of thanks to 

 Mr. Beattie, who was not only a remark- 

 ably skilled photographer, but an artist 

 — (applauise — and who had done more 

 than any other one man to advertise Tas- 

 mania. (Applause.) He included in the 

 vote of thanks Mr. Kmgsmill, who had 

 read an able paper. 



The following letter, under date July 

 28, 1904, from the secretary of the 

 Royal College of Surgeons of England, 

 was read : — "Dear Sir, — In reply to 

 your letter of the '27th of May, 1 am 

 desired by the president to inform you 

 that the skull of William Lannee, _ to 

 which you refer, is not in the possession 

 of this college. Some correspondence 

 upon the subject took place with Dr. 

 Crowther ; and from his letters it appears 

 that he intended to present the skull to 

 this college, but that, owing to an agita- 

 tion which arose in Tasmania regarding 

 the disposal of the remains of William 

 Lannee, he was obliged to give up the 

 skull, of which he had obtained posses- 

 Bion. The president accordingly much 

 regrets that he is unable to comply with 

 the request of the trustees of the Tas- 

 manian Mus-eum. If the skull had been 

 in the museum of the college, the presi- 

 dent would gladly have sent a cast, as 

 requested, and would have been most 

 pleased to receive in return tlie casts of 

 the other Tasmania^ aboriginals men- 

 tioned in your letter. — (Signed) J. For- 

 rest Cowell, Secretary. To Alex. Mor- 

 ton,Director of the Tasmanian Museum." 



The opinion was expressed last even- 

 ing that in all probability the skull never 



left Tasmania. It is to be hoped, there- 

 fore, that whoever has pasisession of it 

 will hand it over to the Tasmanian Mu- 

 seum. 



Eisenback Social Equality The- 

 ory. — Mr. Target and Mr. A. 0. Green 

 offered some remarks on the paper deal- 

 ing with this subject, which was read 

 some time ago by Mr. R. M. Johnston. 

 Mr. R. M. Johnston briefly replied. 



Federalisation of the Meteorological 

 Department. — The next subject of dis- 

 cussion was Mr. H. C. Kingsmill's paper 

 on this question, read at a previous meet- 

 ing of the society. To facilitate discus- 

 sion, Mr. Kingsmill briefly outlined the 

 chief heads under which he had treated 

 the subject in his paper. He was follow- 

 ed by Mr. Target, who pointed out the 

 practical usefulness of meteorological 

 observations. He concluded bv moving 

 that a deputation of the council of the 

 society wait upon the hon. the Pre- 

 mier, and ask him to urge the Federal 

 Government to take over the Meteoro- 

 logical Department, and, meantime, to 

 take such steps as may be necessary to 

 prevent its falling into disuse. Mr. A. 

 0. Green also touched upon cne practi- 

 cal importance of meteorology, and, 

 further, pointed out that it would be 

 very regrettable if any intermission m 

 the meteorological records were allowed 

 to occur. It was foU.v to reduce the 

 department to a mere skeleton, just on 

 the eve of handing it over to the Federal 

 Government. He concluded hy second- 

 ing the motion. The secretary, Mr. 

 Alex. Morton, also spoke to the motion, 

 and mentioned that captains of the large 

 English steamers had frequently express- 

 ed the opinion that the time observa- 

 tions taken at Hobart were the most 

 accurate with which they were acquaint- 

 ed. The Chairman supported the mo- 

 tion, which was carried uninimously. 



The Secretary then read the following 

 paper, prepared by Colonel W. V. 

 Legge, R.A., entitled '"Note on Stone 

 Knives of the Tasmanian Aborigines — 

 Found at Cullenwood Estate." : "These 

 knives were found in a bank, or small 

 tract of rising ground, about 1(X) yards 

 from one of the broad, deep reaches of 

 water which are characteristic of the 

 Break o' Day River. The site was 

 ploughed up somewhere about the year 

 1856, and since then has lain fallow. The 

 specimens were discovered in digging 

 post holes for a fence, and were from 

 8in. to 15in. beneath the surface. This 

 depth may be accounted for on the FUp' 



