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Minutes of 
the Lord Bishop, for the purpose of requesting His Lordship 
to accept the office of Vice-President of the Society .” 
Moved by the Rev. T. J. Ewing, and seconded by Mr. Belcher 
—“ That the Chairman, with the mover and seconder of the last 
resolution, be requested to attend as a deputation on the 
occasion.” 
Moved by Mr. Bedford, and seconded by Lieut. Kay—“That 
Mr. Boyes be requested by the Chairman to accompany the 
deputation.” 
Moved by the Rev. T. J. Ewing, seconded by Mr. Bedford 
—“ That the Society having always experienced the great kind¬ 
ness and support of His Excellency Sir John Franklin, whom 
we are shortly about to lose as our President, a committee be 
appointed to draw up a special Address expressive of our 
feelings on the occasion.” 
Moved by Lieut. Kay, and seconded by Mr. Belcher—“ That 
Mr. Bicheno, Mr. Gell, and Mr. Barnard be requested to draw 
up the proposed Address to His Excellency.” 
Government House, 15th August. 
The deputation appointed for the purpose having waited on 
the Lord Bishop to solicit His Lordship to accept the office of 
Vice-President of the Society, he was pleased to signify his 
willingness to accede to the request. 
™ Government House, 23rd August. 
The members of the Society met specially for the purpose of 
presenting the following Address :— 
“To His Excellency Sir John Franklin, K.C.H., K.R. 
Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen’s Land, &c. &c ’ 
“The Address of the Resident Members of the Tasmanian 
Society for the Promotion of Natural Science, Agri¬ 
culture, Statistics, &c. 
“ May^it please Your Excellency. 
ihe approaching termination of Your Excellency’s resi- 
dence m tins Colony imposes upon the members of the Tasma¬ 
nian Society the painful duty of expressing, however inade¬ 
quately, their sorrow at an event which entails upon them so 
irremediable a loss. 
“ While the share which Your Excellency has contributed 
to the scientific renoivn of our native country commands the 
warmest expressions of our admiration and gratitude, we feel 
more especially bound to acknowledge the part you have taken 
m promoting what we must ever consider to belong to the best 
and highest interests of Tasmania. 
In you we lose the Founder of our Society, and a Benefactor 
of unsparing liberality; fo you we are about to be deprived 
f T u *f. e w “ ose scientific experience has given effect to our 
e ex ^*tions, arid invested them with an importance which 
they could not otherwise have obtained. 
or can we permit it to pass unremcmbereJ, that the 
