Abstract of Proceedings for November, 1905

His Excellency the Governor, Sir Gerald Strickland, K.C.M.G., preedded at the monthly meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania last evening.
Captain Hutton was president of the Australasian Association of Science at its Hobart meeting. He moved,—"That the news of Captain Hutton's death be recorded on the minutes with deep regret.
Mr. R. M. Johnston read a paper on the subject of old-age pensions, apart from political aspects of the question, dealing with the ethical and economic aspects of it. Dr. Elkington read an exceedingly intereisting and instructive paper on "Tropical Australia—Is it fitted for a working white race?" He first answered the question, "What is tropical Australia." Dr. Gerard Smith, with the aid of Lantern slides manipulated by Mr. Nat Oldham, gave an exceedingly interesting and instnictive address on architectural forms, and the different kinds of temples, pyraimids, etc., of ancient Egypt, with explanations of their ethnological significance.