Sloyal Society oi Tasmania. 



RERORT ROR 190e. 



Meetings of the Royal Society have been held during 

 the winter session for 1906 in the months of May, June, 

 July, August, September, and November. 



The following papers were read : — 



May 8th — " Some developments in 1905-6 conducive 



to Tasmania's Progress." — His Excellency the 



Governor. 

 June 11th — "The Biological Ancestry of Human 



Diseases." — Dr. Gerard Smith. 

 June 11th — " Democracy and Socialism." — Mr. E. C. 



Nowell. 

 July 11th — " School Hygiene." — Dr. Elkington. 

 July 11th — " Notes on King Island and recent 



Discoveries." — Messrs Morton and Johnston. 

 July 11th — "Geology of King Island." — Mr. R. M- 



Johnston, I.S.O. 

 August 15th — " Tasmanian Emu." — Col. W. V. Legge, 



R.A. 

 August 15th — "Some notes on the Propagation of the 



Cucumber Herring." — Mr. C. H. Harrison. 

 August 15th — "Aboriginal Stone Axes."— Mr. Alex. 



Morton. 

 August 15th — "Schouten Peninsula." — Mr. J. W. 



Beattie. 

 September 10th — " The New Education." — Mr. J. A. 



Johnson, M.A. 

 November 8th — " Australian Aborigines." — Professor 



W. Baldwin Spencer, F.R.S. 



CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. 



Two new Corresponding Members were elected during 

 the year, Messrs. W. Heyn, and P. St. Michael Podmore. 



NEW FELLOWS. 



Ten new Fellows were elected and three resigned. 



Four members of the Council, Messrs. A. G. Webster, 

 Russell Young, R. M. Johnston, I.S.O., and Sir Elliott 

 Lewis, retire, but are eligible for re-election. 



