probably still be an active member of the Society, was read :— I 

 beg you will be so good as to communicate to the Council of the 

 Eoyal Society my sincere thanks for the very flattering notice they 

 have taken of my small services in the cause of science during my resi- 

 dence in Tasmania. I hope I may have an opportunity, as a Corresponding 

 Member, to contribute still to the pages of your Transactions." 



A paper " On some NewTasmanian Shells" (third series) by the Rev. 

 J. E. Tenison-Woods was read. In the introductory remarks, the learned 

 author observes, " The following new and very interesting species were, 

 for the most part, collected by the Rev. H. D. Atkinson, and, with a few 

 exceptions, at Circular Head. An accurate knowledge of that fauna ha& 

 long been a desideratum, and science may be congratulated on having 

 such an industrious and painstaking collector as Mr. Atkinson settled 

 there. The other species are from different collectors as noted at the end 

 of each diagnosis. The list shows the spread of the Eastern Australian 

 coast fauna into North Tasmania — while in the new species the recognised 

 Tasmanian molluscan facies is not materially departed from." 



A paper " On certain Tertiary and Post-Tertiary deposits on Flinders, 

 Barren, Badger, and others Islands in Bass' Straits," by R. M. 

 Johnston, Esq., was read. 



Mr. Stephens remarked that although " raised beaches " (mention of 

 which was made in the paper) along a coast showed that land had actually 

 risen, they afforded no proof that the process of elevation was still 

 going on. Mr. Stephens also showed by means of a diagram how tracts 

 of land could be swept away even by recent diversion of currents caused 

 by artificial means, quite irrespective of any general rising or sinking of 

 the land. 



The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the authors of the 

 papers, and the donors of presentations. 



