3X PROCEEDINGS, NOVEMEEE. 



The President said : Vice-presidents and membeis of the Royal' 

 Society, — I can only express my heartfelt thanks to you for the 

 address which has just been read. If anything can add to the pleasure 

 \^?ith which I receive it it is that it has been read by my dear friend. 

 Dr. Agnew — (applause) — whom we are all glad to see amongst us 

 again. (Renewed applause.]^ You have kindly referred to Lady 

 Hamilton in your address. I can only refer to your kind action iik 

 giving her this beautiful token of your regard, and leave her to acknow- 

 ledge its receipt herself (Applause.) I will just say one word before 

 sitting down. You have been good enoughi to say that you hope I will 

 becon.e a corresponding member of the Society. I shall certainly 

 have much pleasure in doing so— (applause)— and if the wheel of for- 

 tune in its revolutions should ever bring me back here as a resident of 

 Tasmania, I hope you will allow me to resume my work amongst 

 you a3 a working member. (Loud applause.) 



Lady Hamilton, who received an ovation on rising, said :— Vice-pre- 

 sidents and members of the Royal Society, — I am extremely obliged to 

 you for the beautiful present you have given me this evening. To 

 think that it should have been presented by the hand of Mr. Barnard, 

 who 51 years ago was made a member of this society by Sir John 

 Pranklin, is, I feel, a great honour. I shall never forget, however far 

 away, how very good the members of the Royal Society have been, not 

 only to me, but to every other woman in Tasmania, in allowing us to 

 come here and improve our minds amongst the valuable properties 

 ot such a society as this. (Loud applause.) 



THE SOUVENIRS. 



The address was full bound in scarlet Turkey Morocco, bevelled 

 boards, extra elegant, tooled in the Italian style of ornamsntation, with" 

 a gold line border on the outside, and a broad margin in gold tooling, 

 on the inside of the covers. On the side, lettered in gold, were the- 

 words: — "Presented to 'His Excellency Sir Robert G. C. Hamilton,. 

 K.C.B., LL.D., President o£ the Royal Society of Tasmania." The 

 engrossing was an exceedingly neat piece of penmanship (the work of 

 Mr. Albert Reid), the delineation of the church text characters being, 

 clear and with just suf&cient ornamentation to produce a pleasing 

 artistic effect. The address was encircled by two wreaths of Tasma- 

 nian flowers and berries, painted in water colours by Miss A. Hall 

 and Miss V. Hall, Altogether it forms a work of art, and reflecta 

 great credit on the artists ; particularly so is this the case with the 

 binding, which was executed by Mr. T. Young (Messrs. J. Walch and 

 Sons). The rug was skilfully made of picked black opossum skins of 

 extra size, lined with blue cloth, and made by Mrs. Paget, Murrier, 

 Murray-street. 



The whole of the arrangements in connection with the meeting were 

 ably carried out under the direction of the secretary (Mr. A. Morton). 



THE president's ADDRESS. 



His Excellency Sir Robert G. C. Hamilton, K.C.B., LL.D., delivered 

 the following address : — 



Fellows of the Royal Society of Tasmania, — 



During the Session, which closer this evening, ei^ht meetings have 

 been held, and twenty-two papers have been read. The number of 

 Fellows of the Society has been increased by 12, and the number of 

 Corresponding Members by eight. The Society has sustained a loss by 

 the death of Captain Shortt, B.N., who for 10 years held the post of 



