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ASTNUAL MEETma, 1399. 



The annual meeting of the Royal Society 

 <of Tasmania was held on Monday, March 

 27, at the Museum, Argyle-street. The 

 Hon. C. H. Grant, M.E.G., presided. 



CORRESPONDING MEMBER. 



On the nomination of Sir James Agne\v 

 and others, Mr. A. Waugh, R.N., Navi- 

 gating Lieutenant of H.M.S. Penguin, was 

 elected a corresponding unember. 



Mr. R. M. Johnston spoke gratefully of 

 the services that Mr. Waugh had rendered 

 the Museum, and the valuable gifts he 

 had uiade to it. 



The Chairman said that Mr. Waugh 

 had been a valued contributor to the 

 Museum, and he was glad it was proposed 

 to elect him a coi-responding member. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The following new members were 

 elected :— Messrs. Charles Booth, Resident 

 Secretary Australian Mutual Provident 

 Society; W. A. McLeod, B.A., B.Sc; 

 Alfred Winter, H. W. Griffith ; A. M Lea, 

 Govei-nment Entomologist. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The Secretary (Mr. Alexander Morton) 

 read the annual report as follows : — 



The Council of the Royal Society of Tas- 

 mania have the pleasure of presenting 

 their report for 1898, the 56th year of the 

 Society's existence. 



meetings. 



Eight meetings were held during the 

 session, at which 19 papers and S papers 

 in the Medical Section were read, one 

 of the most important being by Dr. 

 Gregory Sprott, M.D., Health Officer for 

 the city of Hobart. The paper was en- 

 titled '" The cause and prevention of 

 typhoid fever, with a special reference to 

 the proposed metropolitan drainagescheme 

 of Hobart," and aroused so much interest 

 that a special meeting was given up to dis- 

 cussion of the subject. Other papers read 

 were : — 



Notes on a visit to some of the English 

 Museums. By His Lordship the Bishop of 

 Tasmania. , 



Notes on a visit to Port Davey, illus- 

 trated with lantern slides. By J. W. 

 Beattie. 



Notes on the Geology of La Perouse. By 

 R. M. Johnston, F.L.S. (Communicated 

 by W. H. Nicholls.) 



Notes on Humeri of Tasmanian Laby- 

 rinthodonts. Bv W. H. Twelvetrees, 

 F.G.S., and W. F. Petterd, C.M.Z.S. 



A classified list of the marine shells of 

 Tasmania. By Miss M. Lodder. 



On the occurence of a sea snake in Tas- 

 manian waters. By Alexander Morton. 



Notes on a visit to West Austivalia, illus- 

 trated with 40 lantern slides. By Alexan- 

 der Morton. 



Excavations in Eiiypt, illustrated with 

 50 lantern slides. By Rev. C. R. Pollock, 

 F.R.G.S. 



Telegraphy without wires, with experi- 

 ments'.' By Mr. Thos. Self. 



On the Genus Kraussina in Tasmania. 

 By Messrs. W. H. Twelvetrees, F.G.S., 

 and W. F. Petterd, C.M.Z.S. 



Notes on a Surgeon of the Tudor period 

 and his work. By Arthur H. Clarke, 

 M.R.C.S., etc. 



Cause and Prevention of Typhoid Fever, 

 with special reference to Hobart. (Dia- 

 grams.) By Gregory Sprott, M.D., etc., 

 Healtli Officer for the city of Hobart. 



Description of a new " Cordyceps." By 

 L. Rodway. 



Supplenientarv Note on Limurite in 

 Tasmania. By W. H. Twelvetrees, F.G.S., 

 and W. F. Petterd, C.M.Z.S. 



DescrijDtion and Measurements of some 

 Mallicolo Crania. By Ai-thur H. Clarke, 

 M.R.C.S., E. 



The Mining Lidustry of Tasmania (illus- 

 trated by lantern slides). By W. H. 

 Wallace, Secretary of Mines. 



Notes on further regulations in reference 

 to the Mutton Bird Industry. By the 

 Bishop of Tasmania. 



Botanical Notes. 



Additions to the Fungus Flora of Tas- 

 mania. By L. Rodway. 



THE SIR GEO. NEWNES ANTARCTIC 

 EXPEDITION. 



An incident of some interest to the 

 Royal Society, and to the people of Hobart 

 generally, was the arrival, in November, 

 of the s.s. Southern Cross, which called 

 here en route to Cape Adare with the 



