Proceedings of the Royal Society for the month of August, 1891

The monthly meeting of this Society was held on Monday evening, August 17. The President, His Excellency Sir R. G. C. Hamilton, K.C.B., presided, there was a large attendance of Fellows, also a number of ladies.
Dr. 0. Burchard, of Hamburg, was elected a corresponding member, and the following to be members :—Walter Spencer, M.D., Launceston; W. F. M. Shells, M.R.C.S.E. ; George Henry Gibson, M.B. and CM., Edinburgh ; Wm. Earle, Mount Zeehan ; Ernest Milton Law, and Wm. Dubrelle Weston.
The Secretary read the following letter from Captain Fairchild, of the New Zealand Government steamer Hinemoa.—" Wellington, June 3, 1891 :—I see your Government has prohibited sealing on the Macquarie Island. It is a wise step, because if it had gone on a few years longer there would not have been a seal or a sea elephant left on the island. I think the penguins (the king penguin Aptenodytes longirostris) should be protected for, say, five years on Macquarie Island, or else they will soon be all gone. The Secretary, in the absence of the author, read notes on the Mount Lyell district by Mr. F. Danvers-Power, F.G.S., being a rejoinder to criticisms by members of the Society on the paper recently written by him on that subject. Also includes list of additions to the Library.