126 



ROYAL SOCIETY FEOM THE YEA.E 1840 TO 1900. 



Mr. C. E. Beddome was also a good friend +o the science of 

 conchology, and His own specimens and studies were always 

 available for the use of any students. 



The meteorological work of Mr. A. B. Biggs, of Laun- 

 ceston, has been of the greatest value, and his patient record 

 of much observation incr<^ases very much the value of the 

 reports of the Society. 



Mr. A. Montgomery, formerly Government GTeologist, con- 

 tributed several papers on geological subjects, and was one of 

 the members whose careful observation was at the service of the 

 Society on any subject lying within the scope of his studies. 



Among scores of contributors and hundreds of subjects 

 one might go on for an hour enumerating those to whom the 

 Society is indebted in various ways, but this necessarily imper- 

 fect sketch must conclude with a list of the main subjects 

 treated during the time under i-eview. Tiemembering the 

 many difficulties inseparable from life in a new country, and 

 the special conditions of the population, with the upset 

 caused by the discovery of gold, the list of papers as a partial 

 record of work done by scientific men in Tasmauia is 

 creditable, and we may well be pi'oud of belonging to a 

 Society which has so splendid a record. 



Taking the subjects in order the number of papers is as 

 follows : — 



Total pajiers, not including small papers on various subjects,, 

 606. 



It is to be hoped that this record, comj^iled at the end of 

 this century, may stimulate those who carry on this work in 

 the centuTij to come not only to do likewise, but much more 

 abundanily. 



