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Discussion. 



Ml'. Nicholas Brown said the very clear historical account 

 they had been listening to formed a vei'y fitting sequel to the 

 papers which Mr. Walker had previously read and which he 

 was glad to say had been printed as a Parliamentary paper. 

 He was very pleased that Mr. Walker had dealt with these 

 matters in such an interesting way, and he thought they were 

 all amply rewarded for any expense which had been incurred 

 by employing Mr. Bonwick in collecting the information, and 

 they were especially indebted to Mr. Walker for the way in 

 which he had handled the subject. 



Mr. McClymont thought it would be a good thing if the 

 papers were published in a more popular form than as a mere 

 record of the Society's proceedings. 



Mr. Walkee said there was a large number of the early 

 documents relating to Tasmania, and the Society might 

 endeavour to get the Government to publish a selection of 

 them. Another thing he hoped was that the Government 

 would continue to employ Mr. Bonwick collecting these 

 documents. He had only gone as far as 1806, and he might 

 go on to the death of Collins through Governor Davey's term 

 of office, and possibly part of Sorell's. As the settlers went 

 through some very great privations a selection of these 

 documents, if published, would be of very great interest and 

 value. 



Mr. E. M. Johnston thought if the sequence of papers 

 which Mr. Walker had undertaken to prepare were published 

 in the form of a hand-book they would be better for general 

 reference and become more popular. If the series of papers 

 were reproduced in this form they would be mucli better and 

 more valuable than publishing a few disconnected documents. 



