HISTORY OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES 255 
Mr. Cape asked the Surveyor General a question in 
regard to the destruction of the Cedar in many places. Mr. 
Moore ‘‘of the Government Gardens,”’ replied that it was 
practically extinct in many parts of central coastal New 
South Wales. Mr. Mort exhibited the wool of the Alpaca 
goat. Dr. Nicholson drew attention to a specimen of a 
fossil bone of the New Zealand Moa. 
On Friday the 21st June, 1850, the “‘ Herald’’ had a leader 
entitled ‘“‘The Australian Society,’’ commending its objects. 
It says “‘The establishment of the Australian Society is 
but the commencement of scientific enquiries in Australia.”’ 
It gives a resumé of the meeting of the 17th instant, and 
reminds its readers that at the next meeting will be read 
a paper on the commercial importance of the fish of 
Australia. 
In the ‘‘Herald”’ of 6th July, 1850, is an advertisement 
“‘Australian Society. The next General Meeting will take 
place on the first Monday in September at the Royal Hotel 
at 8 p.m. Henry G. Douglass, M.D., and William A. Miles, 
Hon. Secs.”’ 
In another advertisement in the ““Herald”’ of Monday, 
8th July, 1850, the Hon. Secs. ask that all persons desirous 
of sending papers for consideration of the Committee, to be 
submitted to the Society, will have the goodness to send 
them before the 3rd Monday in August, in order that a 
suitable selection may be made for the September meeting. 
In the ‘‘Herald”’ of Thursday, August 22nd, 1850, it is 
stated that the meeting will take place on September 2nd 
at the Royal Hotel, and all papers must be in the hands of 
the Hon. Secs. before the 26th. 
In the “Herald”? of 30th August, 1850, the Society is 
advertised as the ‘‘Australian Society for the Encourage- 
ment of Arts, Science, Commerce and Agriculture.’’ Other 
advertisements subsequently appeared. 
