PROCEEDINGS, OCTOBER. 



OCTOBEK, 1890. 



The monthly meeting of this body was held on Monday, October 13. 

 The chair was occupied by the President, Hi3 Excellency Sir R. G. C. 

 Hamilton, and there was a good attendance of Fellows. Several ladies 

 were also present. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The. following gentlemen were elected Fellows :— F. J. Jacobs, J. H. 

 Downie, W. G. Browne, L. Chambers. 



Mr T. A. Urquhart, of New Zealand, was elected a corresponding 

 member. 



The secretary drew attention to three specimens of Salmonidje hatched 

 from the late shipment of ova brought out by Sir Thos. Brady, the gift 

 of the Hon. J. W. Agnew. The fish were obtained from the Salmon 

 Bonds, one answering undoubtedly to the description of the true salmon, 

 the other two being unmistakably trout, clearly showing that with all 

 the care and attention paid to the selection of true salmon ova by Sir 

 Thos. Brady, certain ova of trout had been sent out with the late ship- 

 ment It was extremely satisfactory to learn that, although there 

 appeared to be a mixture, a very large percentage agreed to the descrip- 

 tion of the true Balmo salar. He also directed attention to the fish caught 

 on Saturday in the Derwent, which, he said, although a very fine fish, 

 did not agree with Gunther's description of the true Salmo salar, but 

 similar to the fish recently caught in the Huon by the President. 

 A gentleman passing through Hobart, and whose experience in the matter 

 was that of having been a manager of a Scottish salmon fishery, had 

 viewed the fish, and pronounced it to be a bull trout. 



Mr. Johnston questioned whether the different circumstances sur- 

 rounding the fish in these waters had not occasioned a breakdown of 

 the racial distinctions between the Salmo salai and the Salmo triitta, 

 together with the theoretical classification of the true Salmo salar. The 

 circumstances also taljied with the experience of New Zealand in this 

 matter. 



Mr. Mault asked had this change of the surroundings had any effect 

 upon the quality of the fish. 



Mr. Johnston considered the flavour qualities of the fish would 

 be equally affected with the other qualities of the fish. The question he 

 had just raised had never been put to any Home authontv. This 

 degeneration of the qualities of the fish was experienced in'different 

 waters in Scotland, the finest fish being found in the colder waters. 



AUSTRALASIAN ASSOCIATION FOB THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



The Secretary stated that he had received a letter from Pro- 

 fessor Hutton, of the Canterbury University, Christchurch, New 

 Zealand, stating that the New Zealand Government had passed a vote of 

 £500, and that the Government Printer had been instructed to do all 

 the printing required by the Association free of charge ; also that the 

 hon. sec. had been authorised to frank all telegrams, letters and parcels 

 in connection with the Association. The meeting to take place in 

 January, 1891, and considering that the next meeting would be held in 

 Hobart the following January, 1892, it was to be hoped the Government 

 would act as liberally as the New Zealand, Victorian, and New South 

 Wales Governments had done, the two latter having voted sums each 

 to the Association. 



Mr. R. M. Johnston said as the New Zealand gathering was 

 approaching it would be well to get an expression of opinion from the 



