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outside. The culture of America was associated with Boston, and the 

 commerce of America with New York, and it was said that Boston could 

 not do without New York, and New York could not do without Boston. 

 In the same manner the the Royal Society could not do without its 

 commercial members and the commercial members could not do without 

 the Royal Society. If science gave the commercial community any light 

 as to the path of usefulness, commerce was sure to follow. He was very 

 glad to see the interest Her Majesty's representative took in such a 

 Society, the results of which were world-wide, as all benefited by the 

 researches of science. If our young men would take an interest in its 

 proceedings they would learn a higher culture, benefit by the high tone 

 of the Society, and seek to be more usef al men in the community. They 

 could not do without cu.lture, and looked to this Society to help to 

 forward that culture without which the community could not hope to 

 hold the position it should do. As a member of the Society he was glad 

 to notice the valuable nature of the papers that had been delivered. 

 The community, and the world at large, would see that Tasmania was 

 not simply grovelling, but had higher pursuits, and that those who 

 assembled from time to time in that room took an active interest in 

 the papers that were contributed. The Society desired to congratulate 

 itself on having a president who had taken such unflagging interest in 

 its proceedings throughout the session, so he would ask the Fellows to 

 join with him in congratulating themselves that His Excellency had 

 presided over them, and to thank him for his address, and to rise and 

 express their pleasure. 



The members then rose and cheered. 



The President : I thank you very much gentlemen. 



LIST OF ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 

 NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. 



Annual Report of the Department of Mines, New South Wales, for the 

 year 1886. — From the Department. 



Annals and Magazines of Natural History — (Current Nos.) 



Anuario del Observatorio Astronomico, Nacional para el. Ano de, 1888, 

 Mexico. — From the Department. 



Bollettino della Societd, Geografica Italiana, vol. xiii., September, 1887. 



From the Society. 



Bulletin de la Soci^t^ Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscow, No. 3, 1887. 

 — From the Society. 



Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Harvard College, 

 Vol. xiii. No. 6, Preliminary Account of the Fossil Mammals from the 

 White River Formation, contained in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 

 By W. B, Scott and H. F. Osbom. No. 1, Notes on the Taxodium 

 distichium, or Bald Cypress. No. 2, on the Original Connection of the 



