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Avill be laid to your rest amidst general 

 sorrowing, and that you will be remembered 

 as one who has endeavoured simply and 

 conscientiously to do his duty in every walk 

 of life. (Applause.) 



The Hon. Sir James Agnew feelingly 

 responded, and said he would value the gift 

 very highly. 



The Hon. Adye Douglas said he would 

 like to add a few words to what had already 

 fallen from His Excellency the Adminis- 

 trator. He might say he was the first to 



meet Sir James in the year 1840 in Victoria 

 when they were both young men. He 

 could say that all through Sir James 

 Agnew's career he was ahvays looked npon 

 as a fine old English gentleman. (Ap- 

 plause.) 



The health of " His Excellency " was 

 proposed by Sir James Agnew, who said 

 he felt very grateful to the Administrator 

 in being present — one whom the colony 

 might well be proud of, being one of their 

 own, and rising to the highest position in 

 the land. (Cheers). 



AUSTRALASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OP 



SCIENCE, 1902 MEETING 



A deputation consisting of the Trustees 

 of the Museum and Members of the Council 

 of the Royal Society waited upon the 

 Ministry on Thursday, November 2, 1899, 

 and asked the Government to place a 

 sum of £500 on the estimates for the 

 purpose of defraying expenses in con- 

 nection with the annual meeting of 

 the Australasian Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science which It was pro- 

 posed to hold at Hobart In 1902. It was 

 also requested that all the necessary 

 printing in connection with the meeting 

 should be done at the Government Print- 

 ing Office. 



The Hon. N. J. BrowxV, M.E.C, 

 Speaker of the House of Assembly, ex- 

 plained that in 1892 the then Government 

 had complied with a similar request. He 

 said that the fact of the annual meeting 

 of the society being held at Hobart exer- 

 cised a very advantageous effect, not only 

 from a scientific standpoint, but also from 

 a commercial aspect. It was, of course, a 

 long way to look ahead to the annual 

 meeting of 1902, but immediate action was 

 necessary, inasmuch as a meeting was to 

 be held at Melbourne in January next 

 year, and the delegates who would attend 

 at Melbourne wished to know definitely 

 what support the association was likely to 

 receive at Hobart. A general wish had 

 been expressed that the meeting should be 

 held at Hobart. 



Several other members of the Council 

 of the Royal Society supported the reasons 

 advanced' by Mr. Brown. 



The Premier (Hon. N. E. Lewis) ex- 

 pressed pleasure at hearing the views ad- 

 vanced by the deputation. He admitted 

 that the Royal Society was very valuable 

 from an educational point of view, not 

 only in scientific matters, but also In com- 

 mercial matters. He did not think that 



the deputation would expect an Immediate 

 answer. The request would receive favour- 

 able consideration, and a reply would be 

 given at an early date. 



The joint deputation then submitted 

 to the Ministry the following printed 

 statement setting forth the claim of 

 the Trustees of the Tasmanian Museum 

 and Art Gallery to have their right 

 to land adjoining the present Museum 

 placed beyond dispute. The Trustees of the 

 Museum and Art Gallery claimed through 

 their predecessor the Royal Society, that 

 the whole of the site extending to Davey- 

 street should be permanently vested in 

 them for the benefit of the public. 



Statement explaining the Claim of the 

 Trustees of the Tasmanian Wuseumand 

 Art Gallery to have their Equitable 

 Right to Land adjoining the present 

 Museum placed beyond dispute. 



A memorial from the Council and Fellows of 

 the Royal Society and Citizens of Hobart to 

 His Excellency the Governor, dated the 22iid 

 day of June, 1857, sets forth the facts con- 

 nect:ed with the founding of the Museum in the 

 year 1848, explains the gradual growth of the 

 institution, and the necessity for providing 

 more space than that which was available in the 

 bulldiut; then held on lease by the Royal Society. 

 The memorial goes on to state—" That upon an 

 application made some time since to .your Ex- 

 cellency's Government by the Council of the 

 Royal Society for a site and a grant of money 

 in aid of a Building Fund for a Tasmanian 

 Museum, your Excellency's acquiescence was 

 signified and a request conveyed by your Ex- 

 ecutive Ministers to the Council of the Society 

 to prepare and submit plans, etc., of a suitable 

 building. That plans, sections, and an eleva- 

 tion, etc., of a spacious building with com- 

 modious internal arrangements for a Museum, 

 and accommodation for a Public Library, were 



