MAY 14th, 1907. 



A meeting of the Hoyal Society was held 

 on May 14 at the Tasiiiaiiiaii MTis<'iiin. 

 His Excellency Sir Ger;ii<l 81 ricklaml pie- 

 flulcd, and there was a hirt,'t< atlendanee of 

 members and others. The chief interest 

 of the uieeling centred on a puper by Dr. 

 r. NoetlinK on '"The Stone Implements of 

 the Tassmanian Ahorif,M.nes" ; but before 

 the lecturer was called on to favour mem- 

 bers with his views on this subjiH't, bome 

 preliminary bu8ines.s was transacted. 



Messrs. A.J. Taylor, L. Brownell, C. E. 

 Web,(er, ami the Rev. J. Beyer were 

 elected members of the society. 



The Acting Secretary (Mr. R. M. John- 

 ston) read a circular which had been re- 

 ceived through the Government Geologist 

 (Mr. W. H. Twelvetrees), inviting the so- 

 ciety to eend a delegate to London to take 

 jKvrt in the centenary celebrations of the 

 Geological Society of Loudon iu Septem- 

 ber next. 



Mr. A. 0. Green suggested that Mr. R. 

 M. JohTiston be asked to undertake the 

 representation of the society, and that the 

 Booiety should take steps to enable him to 

 visit London for that purpose. Than Mr. 

 Johnston no one was more capable of 

 adequately representing Tasmanian sci- 



ence, lie moved, -"That a deputation 

 wait on the Government and obtain for 

 Mr. Johnston permissicu to visit J^ondon 

 for the purpose name<l." 



Mr. A. G. Webster seconded the mo- 

 tion. Mr. Johnston, he thought, would 

 7)e a.n admirable iepre«ent.ative of the so- 

 ciety, and would be greatly benefited by 

 a rest from his arduous labour.s. 



The motion was cai-ried unanimously. 



Sir Elliott Lewis suggested that the 

 deputation should consist of the council 

 of the society, or such members as it 

 might .appoint. He understood that Mr. 

 Johnston was entitled under the Civil Ser- 

 vice regulations to six months' leave of 

 absence on full pay, or 12 months on half- 

 pay. 



Mr. Johnston thanked the society ioi 

 the compliment which had been paid him. 

 He would be only too pleased to represent 

 the wciety i.n London ; but it was ques- 

 tionable whether satisfactory arrange- 

 ments could be made for his absence from 

 his departmental duties for a period of 

 SIX months. He would place himself in 

 the hands of the society and of the Go- 

 vernment. 



