The Chief Secretary (Hon. Adye Douglas) did not see where the 

 good of the system came in. We had not in all Tasmania delirium 

 tremens to the same extent it seemed to exist in Gothenberg. Day after 

 day they could go round the city of Hobart and not only not expect to 

 meet a lot of drunken people, but intoxicated people were not often met 

 with. The writer appeared to have gone to Gothenberg and expected 

 to meet a lot of drunken people, and did not. A few years ago 

 a few drunken people might have been met with in Tasmania, but 

 now we were a decidedly sober people. Why should not a public- 

 house be the same as any other house, properly decorated and 

 properly adjusted for the reception of people ? Although the houses 

 professed to sell bread in Gothenberg, they were really nothing but 

 drinking places. It was the liquor that brought the profit. Increased 

 sobriety was due to the progress of temperance principles throughout 

 the world. So far as the Gothenberg system was described in the 

 paper, he did not see any advantages in it. 



Mr. A. J. Taylor thought the introduction of the system would confer 

 a lasting benefit on the community. 



Hon, C. H. Gram, M.L.C., said that in Gothenberg it seemed to 

 him the system was applied to a different set of circumstances, climatic 

 and otherwise, than what prevailed in English speaking communities. 



The President said he was not prepared to give any opinion 

 on the question, not having studied it. Two points struck him. It 

 would be a very pleasant thing to have the duty on wioe in this 

 colonv reduced. " Something was to be said for the Gothenberg system, 

 which allowed a municipality to make money out of it, for if a little 

 more money were spent on the streets of Hobart — (but more he would 

 not say. 



tasman 's tracks. 



Mr. A. Mault read a lengthy note on a MS. chart in the British 

 Museum, showing Tasman's tracks in the voyage of 1642-4, and pre- 

 sented fete-simile copies of the original chart to the Society for reproduc- 

 tion in its "Proceedings." 



Mr. J. B. Walker said that the Society was indebted to Mr. 

 Mault for his paper. After some remarks on the subject, Mr. 

 Walker said he understood that a portrait of Tasman was on the 

 way out to the Exhibition, and that if it were authentic and original 

 it would be a pity to allow it to leave the colony, for if any part of the 

 world ought to revere the name of Tasman surely it was the colony 

 named after him. 



tasmantan chitons. 



A paper on " Some Tasmanian Chitons," by Mr. W. F. Bednall, 

 Corresponding Member (Adelaide), was read. 



RIVER OUSB EOSSIL IMPRESSIONS. 



Rev. C. W H. Dicker, with a view to drawing attention to what 

 be believed to be some fossil impressions in the bed of the River Ouse, 

 read an interesting paper on the subject. 



The Secretary thought the specimens exhibited were more likely 

 to be water ripples than fossil impressions. 



Mr. James Rule reminded the writer of the presence of she-oak trees 

 in the neighbourhood. 



A NEW SPECIES Off PEDALION. 



Surgeon Thorpe read some notes on & new species of Pedalion found 

 in the Solomon Islands, and exhibited some microscopical specimens, 



The President thanked the contributors of papers, and the proceed- 

 ings terminated. 



