JToetrical form, and edged and pointed by 

 oJiips taken in order fj-om both surfaces. 

 If," says Dr. TyJor, "it may be taken 

 that the info^rra^ition fix)m Tasmania is 

 oonclnsive in this respect, it will appear 

 that the savages there, within this cen- 

 tury no miserably erased from the cata- 

 logne of the human ra.ce, were represeoi- 

 tatives of Stone Age development, a stage 

 lower than that of the Quarternary 

 period." 



At the request O'f the secretary. Dr. 

 Noetling, who is an authority on the 

 Stone Age, spake on the subject, and said 

 he had been greatly struck with the like- 

 ness of the Tasma.nian stone (specimens 

 of which were shown in a ca»e) to the 

 eolithes of Europe, wliich were of artific- 

 ial origin, and were shaped between 50,000 

 and 100,000 years ago, when our European 

 ancestors weje in about the same state of 

 cultivation as the Tasmanian aboriginals 

 were. He agreed with Dr. Tylur that 

 the latter were in the siame state as the 

 palsBolithic men O'f EuTope. 



Schouten Peninsula. 



The most interesting item of the even- 

 ing was a lecture by Mr. J. W. Beattie, 



beautifully illustrated with 50 speciallj-- 

 prepared lantern slides, on "Schouten 

 Peninsula : its adaptabilities ais a natai- 

 ral reserve for the protection of the native 

 flora and fauna of Tasmania." Mr. Beat- 

 tie's suggestion that this place should be 

 reseiTed as a soi't of national-park has 

 been dealt with by the society on several 

 occasions. At the .Tune meeting in 1904 

 Mr. .T. F. Mather read a vei-y interesting 

 paper on this sttbject, aoid the proposal 

 last night met with the warm approval 

 of the society. The views embraced the 

 whole of the coast line from Denison 

 Canal to Freyeinet Peninsula, and gave 

 a very realistic idea of what sort of a 

 place "the proposed reserve is. Mr. Nat 

 Oldham managed the lantern with his 

 usual skill. 



Mr. Morton said that Tasmania was the 

 only State Avhieh had not a reserve for 

 the" preservation of the fauna and flora. 

 It was high time that some steps should 

 be taken to acquire one, and none better 

 could be found than the one jDropoised. 



"After a short discussion on the paper, 

 a cordial vote of thanks was passed to the 

 speakers, en the motion of the chairman, 

 after which the proceedings teiminiated. 



