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REPORT. 



The Session of 1878 was opened on the 12th March, with 

 a paper entitled "Notes on the Platypus ( Ornithorhynchus 

 anatinusX' by Morton Allport, F.L.S.,F.Z.S.,&c., and the 

 following papers were read at the meetings daring the 

 year : — " On some new Tasmanian Shells " (3rd series), by 

 the Rev. J. E. Tenison Woods, F.L.S., F.G.S., &c. "On 

 certain Tertiary and' Post Tertiary Deposits on Flinders, 

 Barren, Badger, and other Islands in Bass's Straits," by 

 R. M Johnston. " On the Distribution and Growth of 

 Queensland Plants," by F. M. Bailey. "On Water 

 Supply in Relation to Disease," by the Bishop of Tasmania. 

 "Description of Specimens of Annelidse, found in kelp, at 

 Prosser's Bay," by Mrs. Meredith. " Notes on a visit to 

 the Hot Springs near Southport,in 1877," by T. Stephens, 

 M.A., F.G.S. " Notes on the Creeping Thistle ( Carduus 

 arvensis)^ by F. Abbott, jun. " On some new Mollusca," 

 by the Rev. J. E. Tenison Woods, F L.S., F.G.S., &c. 

 " On the Land Shells of Tasmania," by W. F. Petterd. 



We are again indebted to Mr. F. Abbott and to Mr. 

 W. E. Shoobridge for conducting Meteorological Observa- 

 tions at Hobart Town and New Norfolk. Returns from 

 the lighthouses have been regularly received from the 

 Marine Board. The " Simultaneous Observations " are 

 still taken by Mr. Abbott, and regularly forwarded to the 

 Meteorological Department of the United States, 



Four Fellows, and the same number of Corresponding 

 Members were admitted. One Fellow and one Corre- 

 sponding Member have been lost by death, and there 

 have been two resignations. 



Council. 



Two vacancies have occurred in the Council, one by the 

 retirement of the Rev. W. W. Spicer, who has left the 

 colony, the other by the death of Mr. Morton Allport. 

 These have been filled by the election of Messrs. John 

 Swan and Russell Young, 



