Proceedings for the month of November, 1886

The monthly meeting of this society (the last of the session of 1886) was held on Monday evening, November 22, when a number of interesting papers were read, and the vice-president delivered his closing address-The vice-president, Mr. James Barnard, presided, and there was a large attendance of Fellows, including the hon. the Premier (Hon. J. W. Agnew, M.D., M.E.C.), Hon. P. 0. Fysh, and several ladies.
Additions to the Library included Annals and magazines of Natural History, No. CV., Vol.18.
Mr. R. M. Johnston read a very interesting and exhaustive paper on the recent discoveries at Mount Lyell and Mount Owen. The paper dealt with the subject from a geological point of view, and was accompanied by a detailed analysis prepared by Mr. Ward, Government analyst. It also dealt with the theories of gold veins, and their mode of occurrence.
Mr. T. Stephens read an extract from a letter received by him from Professor Liversidge on the gold deposits of Mount Lyell. A paper was read by the assistant secretary, in the absence of the author, Mr. T. B. Moore, entitled: "Notes on the Discovery of a New Eucalypt", which he found during a recent exploration for the Government, in the country situated between the townships of New Norfolk and Victoria.
A very comprehensive paper entitled: "The Trochidae and other Genera of Mollusca from Tasmania, with synonyms," being the first of a series of papers promised by Mr. J. Brazier, F.L.S., was read by Mr. A. Morton, assistant-secretary.
Colonel Legge laid on the table the second part of his forthcoming catalogue of Tasmanian Birds, Psittaci (Parrots), and the Picariadiae, and a systematic list of the birds of the country, also notes on the genus Ephthianura.
Mr. T. Stephens submitted a photograph of a new fossil from the excavations for the dock at Biloela, near Sydney.
Mr. James Barnard, Vice-President, then delivered the closing address in which he reviewed of another year of active work performed by the Royal Society of Tasmania.