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P.L.S., a distinguished botanist and man of science, and 

 who had been associated with the earliest history of the 

 Society ; and also of Mr. John Gould, F.R.S., the eminent 

 ornithologist, whose publications are of world-wide celebrity. 

 One of the original Members of the Society, the late 

 William Henty, deserves mention from his uniform support 

 to the interests of horticulture and botany during his 

 lengthened residence in Tasmania. The list would be 

 incomplete without a reference to Dr. E S. Hall, whose 

 labours in the cause of sanitary science in conjunction with 

 meteorology and vital statistics were so well known and 

 highly appreciated both at home and abroad. Seventeen 

 new Members were elected into the Society during the 

 year, and there was but one resignation. 



Meteorological Returns have, as usual, been received 

 from the various Lighthouses, through the Marine Board ; 

 and Mr. W. E. Shoobridge has furnished the results 

 of his observations taken at New Norfolk during the past 

 year. An Abstract for the five years ending in 1880, 

 ot the Lighthouse Tables, is in the press. No observations 

 have, as yet, been resumed at Hobart, but steps are in 

 progress to effect this desirable object early in 1882. In 

 connection with this subject, the Council has to acknow- 

 ledge the presentation to the Society by the late President, 

 Sir J. H. Lefroy, of ten Rain Gauges, for the purpose 

 of instituting a systematic enquiry into the local distribution 

 of rain in Tasmania, — an act of thoughtful kindness and 

 liberality which well deserves acknowledgment. 



The movement, initiated at an evening meeting of the 

 Society, for the improvement of the Queen's Domain, has 

 received the sanction of the Government, who have placed 

 a sum of money at the disposal of the Committee which 

 has been formed for the purpose of carrying out the 

 work. 



Council. 



A vacancy in the Council has occurred during the year, 

 occasioned by the retirement of Mr. Francis Abbott, 

 F.R.A.S., which has been filled up by the re-election 

 of the Right Rev. Bishop Bromby. The list of retiring 



