of two ships to discover the Great South Land, with Tasrnan in 

 command, and Fischer, a famous pilot, second. The ships touched 

 nrst at Mauritius, remaining there to refit and provision a month. 

 Ahey sailed, and got down to lat. 49deg, They fell off to lat. 

 *ideg., and then struck the coast of Tasmania, somewhere near the 

 entrance to Macquarie Harbour. Getting round to Bruny they tried 

 to make Adventure Bay, but were driven out. Thereupon they 

 yarned Frederick Henry Bay, now known as Blackman's Bay. Sailing 

 from the coast they made New Zealand near Cook's Strait, and had 

 an encounter with the natives. New Zealand Tasman held to be the 

 veritable Great South Land. The Tonga Islands were next reached, 

 and from there a homeward course was shaped past New Guinea. 

 With the result of the expedition Van Diemen was not satisfied, but 

 two years afterwards he again sent Tasman and Fischer out. Of that 

 second voyage in 1644 no journal was kept. Tasman's services were 

 ^cognised somewhat grudgingly by a small increase of salary. Of the 

 rest of his life very meagre information was extant. There were no 

 more great expeditions of discovery. Later, Tismau was suspended 

 from his office as a punishment for executing a seaman without trial. 

 f>eing reinstated after two years, he shortly afterwards left the 

 service of the company. Of his last days little was known. He died in 

 1659. 



Very admirable lantern illustrations were supplied by Mr. J. W. 

 oeattie, and exhibited by Mr. N. Oidham. 



A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the lecturer. 

 . -The Hon. Adye Douglas said the very admirable lecture they had 

 JOst listened to was the last of the session. Their thanks were due to 

 the vice-president, Sir James Agnew, and in moving that a vote of thanks 

 be accorded him he would add the name of Mr. Barnard. Sir James 

 Agnew and Mr. Barnard had belonged to the society for 54 years. 



The vote of thanks was carried by acclamation, and the recipients 

 briefly responded. 



CLOSE OF THE SESSION. 



The Chairman announced that the evening's meeting closed the 

 session for 1895. He was sure all would agree that many valuable 

 Papers had been read and much exceedingly useful information had 

 "een gathered and ventilated during the session of 1895. 



The meeting thtn terminated. 



