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There was a large attendance at the monthly meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania (the first of the 1899 session) at the Museum on Tuesday, 11th April, when Mr. Napier Bell's and other papers were read. His Lordship the Bishop of Tasmania (the Right Rev. Dr. Montgomery, D.D.) Vice-President, presided. The Secretary (Mr. Alex. Morton) read a paper by Messrs. W. H. Twelvetrees, F.G.S., and W. F. Petterd, C.M.Z.S., on Hauyne-trachyte and allied rocks in the district of Port Cygnet and Oyster Cove. Mr. R. M. Johnston, F.L.S., spoke eloquently of the splendid service rendered by the two gentlemen in the geological and mineralogical interests of the colony. A paper by Mr. Robert Etheridge, jun., Curator of the Australasian Museum, Sydney, was read by the Secretary, Which he explained, was descriptive of a Tasmanian species of Halysites, a fossil coral obtained from the River Mersey. In the absence of Mr. Napier Bell from the meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania on Tuesday evening, Mr. F. Back, A.I.C.E., F.S.S., etc., read Mr. Bell's paper on Macquarie Harbour entitled: "Macquarie Harbour: Its physical aspect and future prospects." Mr. R. M. Johnston gave a geological description of the rocks occupying the basin of the Macquarie Harbour.
History
Publication title
Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Pagination
xxvii-xxxiii
Rights statement
In 1843 the Horticultural and Botanical Society of Van Diemen's Land was founded and became the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science in 1844. In 1855 its name changed to Royal Society of Tasmania for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. In 1911 the name was shortened to Royal Society of Tasmania..