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Astronomical observations. There would then, he thought, be no difficulty 

 in having the surveyors' field notes sent direct to the central office, 

 and there plotted, with the check lines and angles also furnished, 

 and a well-established conection with a trigonometrical station or 

 some accurately learned point or Hne. It would doubtless, under existing 

 circumstances, involve too much time, and therefore cost, to connect all 

 surveys with the trigonometrical standard, but the great importance of 

 doing so should always be kept in mind, and every effi)rt made . at the 

 central office to correctly plot each new survey on the land plan of the 

 colony ; and, as far as practicable, correct any errors discovered, rather 

 than allow them to indefinitely accumulate. The matter of the paper 

 now read being of such great importance, and the necessity of a change 

 in the present system being urgent, he desired to suggest that the 

 Secretary be requested to forward copies of Mr. Mclntyre's valuable 

 communication to each of the town and district surveyors of this 

 colony, and that they be asked to favour the society with their views 

 thereon, in order that the subject may be more fully discussed here, and 

 some practical suggestions arrived at for the improvement of the present 

 anomalous system of the land surveys. 



A vote of thanks having been accorded to the authors of the papers 

 read, and to the donors of presentations, the proceedings terminated. 



JUNE, 1882. 



The usual monthly evening meeting of the Society was held on Tuesday, 

 13th June, Mr. T. Stephens, M.A., Vice-President, in the chair. 



The following gentlemen, who had previously been nominated by the 

 Council, were balloted for and declared duly elected : — As Fellows of the 

 Society, Mr. William Knight. M.A., and Mr. Patrick Mackay ; as a corre- 

 sponding member, Mr. George Mclntyre, of Christchurch, New Zealand. 



The Hon. Secretary (Mr. Barnard) brought forward the following returns 

 for the past month, viz. : — 



1. Number of visitors to Museum, May — On Sundays 747, on week days 



601; total 1,348. 



2. Do. to Gardens, 3,319. 



3. Plants and seeds received at Gardens : — From Baron von Mueller, 



Government Botanist, Victoria, a collection of miscellaneous seeds, 

 comprising 402 varities. From Messrs, Shepherd and Co., Sydney, 

 20 varities of Eucalypti. From the lion, the Colonial Secretary, a 

 packet of seeds of Typha Latifolia, received from the Italian 

 Consul, Melbourne. From Mr. J. Latham, Hobart, a collection 

 of imported seeds. 



4. Seeds, etc., sent from Gardens : — To Mr. C. F. Creswell, Melbourne, 



20 varieties of seeds and bulbs. 



5. Periodicals received. 



6. Presentations to Museum and Library. 

 Meteorology. 



1. From Captain Shortt, Government Meteorologist. Monthly means 



of observations taken at Hobart during May. 



2. From Mr. F.Abbott, j un. , register of rainfall at Botanic Gardens for May. 



3. From Mr. H. W. F. Kayser. Do. at Waratah, Mount Bischoff, do. 



4. From Mr. D. C. Purdy. Do. at Strahan, Macquarie Harbour 



for April and May. 



5. From the Marine Board, Hobart. Tables from Mount Nelson for May 



Swan Island for April, South Bruny, for April and May. 



6. From Dr. Hector. Printed abstracts of observations taken in New 



