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should be sorry if anything Mr. Johnston said — and I don't think it 

 will — should have the effect of in any way lessening uhe exertions 

 made in the way of looking carefully after our sanitation. Mr. Johnston 

 pointed out that there are other causes which may make an apparently 

 high death-rate beyond those that man has pov/er to deal with. But I 

 think the very fact that there is such a large difference between the 

 urban and rural death-rate, enforces on us this : that the efforts of science 

 ought to be to make life in towns as healthy as life in the country. 

 (Applause.) I shall ask you to join me in a vote of thanks to the 

 authors of these interesting papers. (Loud applause.) 



Mr. G. S. Perein, Conservator of Forests, drew attention to the 

 following specimens of Tasmanian trees, which he had laid on the 

 table : — Arthrotaxis cupressoides, do. selaginoides, Dacrydium 

 Franklini, and Microcachrys. Flowering branchlets of these were 

 affixed to a card, and along with them were shown specimens of the 

 wood of the different varieties. They all belonged to the cla's of 

 Tasmanian conifers, and were collected from various parts of the 

 island. One specimen, the Arthrotaxis cupressoides, had been obtained 

 from the back of the La Perouse range, one of the most difficult 

 places of access in Tasmania, where probably no one but Mr. Perrin 

 has penetrated. One of the pieces of wood shown — a bit of celery-top 

 pine — had been 11 years under water, and formed a portion of the 

 first water-wheel erected at Mount Bischoff. It was in perfect 

 preservation, as was also a piece of Iluon pine, which had for 40 years 

 been part of a plank in a jetty at Macqaarie Harbour that was 

 originally cut for that purpose by order of Sir William Denison. 

 Mr. Perrin's specimens will remain for a short period in the Museum, 

 where they may be inspected. 



The meeting, after Mr. Perrin had given his account of his specimens, 

 closed. 



MAY, 1887. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Royal Society took place on. 

 Tuesday evening, the 10th May, the President, His Excellency Sir Robt. 

 G. C. Hamilton, K.C.B., in the chair. There was a large attendance 

 of Fellows and several ladies present. 



The following gentlemen were declared elected as Fellows of the 

 society :— The Hon. the Minister of Lands (E. N. C. Braddon, 

 M.H.A.), Messrs, F. J. Young, B.A., Cambridge, H. H. Gill, M.H.A., 

 W. J. Jones, David Barclay, C. A. Payne, M.R.C.S., A. J. Taylor, J. 

 W. Toplis. _ ^ 



List of additions to the Library : — 



Bibliothique Gfeologique de la Russie rsdigee par S. Mkitin. 



Bolletino della Societd Geografica Italiana, Serie II., Vol. XII., Feb., 

 1887. Anno XXL, Fasc 2. 



Bulletins du Comite Geologique. Nos. 1 to 11. St. Petersburg, 1886. 

 — From the Society. 



Bulletin de la Soci(5t(5 Royale de Botanique de Belgique, Tome-Vingt- 

 cinqueieme, 1886. — From the Society. 



Imperial Federation, March 1, 1887.— From the Editor. 



Memohes du Comit(^ Geologique. Vol. 2, No. 2. Les Ammonites de 

 la zone a Les Ammonites de la Zone a Aspidoceras Acanthicum, de lest 

 dela Russie par A. Pavlow. Vol. 3, No. 2. Cartel G661ogique Gem^rale 

 de la Russie D'Europe, Feuille 139. Description Orographique par 

 A Karpinsky et Th, Tehermycheff. — From the Society, 



