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REPORT. 



The session of 1881 was opened on April 12, with an 

 inaugural address by His Excellency Sir J. H. Lefroy, 

 K.C.M.G., C.B., F.R.S., as President of the Society. 

 This was followed by a paper read by Mr. R. M. Johnston, 

 F.L.S., entitled " Notes showing that the estuary of the 

 Derwent was occupied by a Freshwater Lake during the 

 Tertiary period." The following papers were brought 

 forward at the various subsequent meetings : — " Notes on 

 two new Marine Shells ( Delphinula Johnstoni and Leda 

 Lefroyi)^' dredged off Three Hut Point, D'Entrecasteaux 

 Channel, by Lieut. C. E. Beddome, I.N. — " Suggestions 

 for an extended elucidation of the Plants of Tasmania," 

 by Baron F. Von Mueller, K.C.M.G , M.D., F.R.S.— 

 " Notes on a species of Eucalyptus (E. hcsmastoma)^' not 

 hitherto recorded in the Flora of Tasmania, by T. Stephens, 

 Esq., M.A., F.G.S. — "On Auriferous Country and Gold- 

 bearing Rocks," by Charles E. Barnard, M.D., F.L.S. — 

 "On Type Species of Tasmanian Shells unrecorded in 

 * Census of Tasmanian Shells,' " by Professor R. Tate, 

 Assoc. Linn. Soc. F.G.S. — " Notes on a species of Zieria 

 ( Z, veronica),'' by Augustus Sirason, F.L.S. — "On the 

 Queen's Domain, Hobart, with suggestions for its improve- 

 ment," by E. J. Crouch, M.R.C.S., Eng.— " Remarks on 

 the Abstracts of the Meteorological Observations taken at 

 the Lighthouses and other Coast Stations in Tasmania 

 during the years 1871, lb72, 1873, 1874, and 1875," by 

 E. C. Nowell, Government Statistician. — "On the question 

 of establishing a ' Botanical Class-Ground' in the Society's 

 Gardens," by T. Stephens, M.A., F.G.S.— " On the 

 Magnetic Variation at Hobart, and its change in amount 

 since last determined," by His Excellency Sir J. H. Lefroy, 

 K.C.M.G., C.B., F.R.S., President of the Societv.— " On 

 the Scamander Gold Field," by S. H. Wintle, F.L.S.— 

 *' Notes on Leontopodium catipes,'' by Baron F. Von 

 Miieller, K.C.M.G., M.D., F.R.S. 



The Council have to record the loss sustained during the 

 year by the death of Mr. Ronald Campbell Gunn, F.R.S., 



