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Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania C-( : ,i; [Mitn'i PAPERS & PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OP TASMANIA, • ^ FOR THE YEARS I 898- I 899. (ISSUED JUNE, 1900. (Bf^^^ ^^V0% ®aamania PRINTED BY DAVIKS BROTHERS LIMITED, MACQUARIE STREET, HOBART, 1900. The responsibility of the Statements and Opinions given in the following Papers and Discussions rests with the individual Authors; the Society as a body merely places them on record. : : : ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA. -»o>0{oo- Patroti HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. HIS EXCELLENCY VISCOUNT GORMANSTON, G.C.M.G. THE HON. SIR JAMES WILSON AGNEW, K.C.M.G., M.D., M.E.C. R. M. JOHNSTON, ESQ., F.S.S. THOMAS STEPHENS, ESQ., MA., F.G.S. HIS LORDSHIP THE BISHOP OF TASMANIA. C^OtXttCii : * T. STEPHENS, ESQ., M.A., F.G.S. * C. J. BARCLAY, ESQ. " R. S. BRIGHT. ESQ., M.R.C.S.E. * A. G. WEBSTER, ESQ. HIS LORDSHIP THE BISHOP OF TASMANIA. RUSSELL YOUNG, ESQ. HON. C. H. GRANT, M.E.C. BERNARD SHAW, ESQ. COL. W. V. LEGGE, R.A. R. M. JOHNSTON, ESQ., F.L.S. HON. N. J. BROWN, M.E.C. HON. SIR J. W. AGNEW, K.C.M.G., M.D., M.E.C. llttMtor of ^ccnunU: R. M. JOHNSTON, ESQ., F.S.S. Hon. eTreajstirer C. J. BARCLAY, ESQ. ^ecretarg anti librarian ALEXANDER MORTON. * Members who next retire in rotation . ^onimt^. A. Page. A.A.A.S. Congratulations ... ... ... ... ... ... xvii A.A.A.S. 1902 Meeting. Deputation to the Government Novem- ber2nd, 1899 LVii Agnew, Sir James, Unveiling a Portrait of... .. ... ... xxxviii Agnew, Sir James, Letter from . ... ... ... ... XLV Agnew, Sir James, 84th Birthday ... ... ... ... ... LVi Antarctic Expedition, Sir Geo. Newnes' ... ... ... ... xvi Antarctic Regions ... ... ... ... ... ... xviii Annual Report, 1898 .. i .'. Annual Report, 1898 , xxiii Annual Report, moved by the Chairman . ... xxv Annual Meeting, 1899 . xxni April Meeting . xxvii Arrival of H.M.S. "Erebus "and " Terror " at Hobart, April 7th, 1841 XXII August Meeting ... .. .. ... xlv B. Babel Island ... XV Barnard, The late James (A Portrait of) XLV Belstead, The late Francis I Bell, Napier, G.E. ... XXVI Benjafield, Dr., Criticism on Dr. Sprott's Paper .. XIII Bernacchi, Louis XXII Birds of Australia and Asia . XXXIX Bishop of Tasmania's Address XIX Bishop of Tasmania. Mutton Bird Industry XV Borchgrevink, C. E,, Leader Antarctic Expedition XVI Borchgrevink, C. E., Reply to the Address... XXI Botanical Notes (a Paper) XV Botanical Notes LI Bright, R. S., M.R.C.S., E., Election as a Member of the Council ... II Bright, R. S., M.R.C.S., E., Opening Discussion Dr. Sprott's Paper ... XII British Antarctic ]<]xpeclition, 1898. Welcome to the Leader and Members of the Expedition ... XVI British Association XXII Broadwood, Col., at Omdurman XL Brown, Hon. N. J. (Address) XXI Burmese Natives LII 0. Cape Adare, Victoria Land ... XXIII Cartography of the Terra Australia (a Paper) XL XXI Chamber of Commerce (Address) . Chapel Island ... XV Chrisp, H. M XXXIV — . Page. c. Coleopterd, List of described Tasinanian ... ... ... ... Li Copper Medallion, presented by Captain Cook to a Chief at the Society Islands ... XLiv Coral Reefs, Funafuti Bore (a Paper) xxxix " Cordyceps," Description of anew (a Paper) ... ... ... xn Corfield's. Report, Professor ... ... ... ... .. ... xiii Corresponding Member. Election of Lieut. Waugh, R.N. ... xxiii Council re-elected ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ii Council, Vacancy in the ... ... ... ... ... ... xxiv Dobson, Death of Sir Lambert ... ... ... ... ... i Dodds, Sir John, Congratulating ... ... ... ... ... xxxn^ Dodds, Sir John, presiding August Meeting ... .. ... XLV Douglas, Hon. Adye (Address) ... ... ... ... ... xix Dove, W. H. Stewart ;. .. xii E. Early Cartography and the Terra Australis (a Paper) ... ... XLViii Election of New Members Drs. F. J. Drake, E. W. J. Ireland ; Messrs. Alsop, E. H. Anderson, E. T. Miles, G. Steward, 0. E. White I Rev. C. R. Pollock ; Messrs. W. H. Wallace, W. J. Watchorn, R. C. Patterson ... .. ... iv Messrs. Malcolm Harrison, W. A. Kermode .. ... vii Rev. C. H. Talbot ; Messrs. W. H. Dawson, W. T. Brown ... .. ... ... .. ... .. ix Messrs. R. J. Rogers, G. E. Bernard, C.E. ... ... xv L. F. S. Hore, B.A. xlv Rev. S. Bucknell ; Messrs. W. Aikenhead, Alan Walker xxxvi Messrs. Chas. Booth, W. A. MacLeod, B.A., A. Winter, H. W. Griffith, A. M. Lea ; Miss M. Davis ; Hon. W. W. Perkins ; Messrs. H. Nicholls, LL.B., W. Middle- ton, C.E., A. C. Parker, E. Maxwell, D. Allport, C. Harold, A. E. Risby ; Rev. W. H. Webster .. xxxiv "Erebus "and "Terror," ships, arrival at Hobart, 1841 XLV Etheridge, Mr, Robert ... ... ... ... ... ... xxviii Evans, Capt. J. W. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xx Excavations in Egypt (a Paper) ... ... ... ... ... viii Exhibit, Hichoria pecan ... ... ... ... ... ... xxxix Exhibit, Outfit of a Baggard Horseman ... ... ... ... xl P, Fayalite Basalt ... ... ... ... .... ... ... XLix Felsite and Assoc. Rocks of Mt. Read (a Paper) .. xxxiv Felspar Porphyry ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xxvii Forecasts of the Future in Modern Literature (a Paper) xxxv ^^^ Forestry for Tasmania (a Paper) ... ... ... ... -I I XLIX Fossil Coral, Halysites ... ... ... ... ... ... xxviii Fossil Wood from Cox's Bight (a Paper) ... ... xxxvi Fysh, Sir P. 0. (Address) xa, . Page, a. Geographical and Historical Section... XV GormanstoD, Viscount (Address) XVIII Grafton Art Gallery, London IV Grant, Hon. C. H. (Address) XXI Great Boulder Mine, Kalgoorlie, W.A. IV Hague Exhibition XLV Hakea rostrata ... LI Halysites, a Fossil Coral (a Paper) ... XXVIII Hamilton Literary Society ... III Historical Section, Formation of a ... XXVII Historical and Geographical Section... XL Historical Section, First Meeting of the LIII Hobart Corporation (Address) XIX Hartz Mountains and the Picton (a Paper) XXXV H.R.H. The Duke of York's Flag ... XXII Hay line, Trachyte Rocks XXVII I. Igneous Caps of Ben Lomond XLVII XLVII Igneous Caps of Mount Wellington . Igneous Caps of Port Cygnet xxvii Imperial Institute in 1895 XXII International Geographical Congress XXII Island of Arran XLIX Johnston, Mr. R. M., Criticism on Dr. Sprott's Paper xin June Meeting, 1898 IV June Meeting, 1899 .. .. XXXVI July Meeting, 1898 VII Kraussina in Tasmania (a Paper) VII Labyrinthodout, Tasmauian ... II La Perouse, Notes on the Geology of II Lava V. Sill. Origin of the Higher Colossal Igneous Mountain XXVII Caps (a Paper) ... ... .... Launceston Microscopical Society, Address ... XVIII Library, Royal Society XXII XXIV Library, The ... XXXVII Lightning Flashes, Photographs of . List of Tasmanian Mollusca (Miss Lodder)... IV List of Papers read at the Medical Section .. XXII List of Exhibits at the Medical Section XXV List of the described Tasmauian Coleoptera (a Paper) LI Livingstone Hill, N.E. of Lovett XXVII IV List of Tasmauian Shells (a Paper) ... Page. Macquarie Point Drainage ... ... ... .. ... ... xi Marconi, Signor (Wireless Telegraphy) ... ... ... ... vii Marine Board of Hobart ... ... ... ... ... xxi Macquarie Harbour ... ... ... .. ... ... ... xxviii Macquarie Harbour Tides, 1825-6 ... .. ... ... ... xliv Mault, W. A., Reply to Dr. Sprott's paper ... ... ... xiii May, Opening Meeting, 1898... ... ... ... ... ... i May, Opening Meeting, 1899 xxxiv Medical Section Report .. ... ... ... ... ... xxiii Medical Section Library ... ... .. ... ... ... xxv Medical Section. Eleciion of President ... ... ... ... xxv Members, New Election xxxiv Members of the Council Re-elected ... ... .. ... xxv Meetings held during 1898 ... ... ... ... ... ... xxiii Mesozoic Dolerite and Diabase (a Paper) ... ... ... ... XLVi Metropolitan Drainage of Hobart ... ... ... ... ... ix Micro-organisms of Sewage ... ... ... ... ... ... xiv Microscopical Petrology ... ... ... ... ... XXVII Modern Literature (a Paper) ... ... ... ... ... ... xxxv Mollusca, Li.st of Tasmanian ... ... ... ... ... ... iv Montgomery, Right Rev. Dr., Election to the Council ... ... xxiv Mount Read and Mount Black Igneous Rocks ... ... ... xxxiv Mount Mary, West of Lovett ... ... ... ... ... xxvii Museums, Notes of a Visit to English ... ... ... ... ii Mutton Bird Industry (a Paper) ... ... ... ... ... xv N. Napier Bell, C.E., re Drainage Scheme ... ... ... ... xi Nepheline and Melelite Rocks (a Paper) ... ... ... ... xxxvi Nepheline Dolerite of the Kalzenbiickel ... ... ... ... xxxvi North Magnetic Pole ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xx Notes on Coral Reefs (a Paper) ... ... ... ... ... xxxvi Notes on the Habits of he Cape Barren Goose (a Paper)... ... XLix Notes on a Fayalite Basalt from One Tree Point (a Paper) ... XLix Norwegian National Anthem... ... ... ... ... ... xxi Obituary—Sir Lambert Dobson ... ... ... ... ... xxiv October Meeting, 1898 xv October Meeting, 1899 li Officers, Election of ; Medical Section) ... ... ... ... xxiv On the Conservation and Culture of Trees (a Paper) ... ... XLix On the Occurrence of a new Garnet at Port Cygnet (a Paper) ... XLix Original Minutes of the Society, 1841 ... ... ... .. xxii P. Papers, List of, 1898 Session... ... ... ... ... ... xxni Photographs of Lightning Flashes ... ... ... ... lii Physical Aspects of Macquarie Harbour (a Paper)... ... ... xxviii ' Platinus, a Tasmanian Sea Snake ... ... ... ... v Piccaunini Point .. ... ... ... ... ... ... iv Piguenit, W. C. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xxxix Polar Arctic Regions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xviii Port Cygnet Rocks (a Paper) ... ... ... ... ... xxvii 6 Page. P. Port Davey, Notes on a Visit to ... ... ... ... ... m Port Phillip Newspaper, December 23, 1847 ... ... ... XLiv Post Silurian Denudation ... ... ., ... ... ... xxxv Preece, W. H. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... vill Professor Ty lor (Tasmaniau Stone Age)
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