Proceedings of the Royal Society for the month of August, 1892

The monthly evening meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania was held at the Museum on Monday, August 8. The President (His Excellency Sir Robert G. C. Hamilton) K.C.B., LL.D., presided, and there was a good attendance of Fellows.
Correspondence included, Letter a letter from Mr. H. C. Russell, the Government Astronomer of New South Wales, with reference to his paper on the Leake bequest. Mr. A. Morton (Secretary), in the absence of the author, read a paper entitled the proposed "Leake School of Practical Astronomy," The Rev. George Clarke, Vice-Chancellor of the University, said : I am sure that I only express the universal sentiment when I say that our very warmest thanks are due to Mr. Russell for the able and practical paper which has been read to this meeting.
Also includes Mr. G. W. Waterhouse's letter, Resolution proposed re Leake bequest and His Honor, Sir Lambert Dobson, Chancellor of the Universit y and Mr. T. Stephens , Director of Education remarks.
Includes an extract from the will of Mr. Arthur Leake, late of Ashby, Ross, Tasmania Remarks on Sir Robert ball's paper (read at the Hobart Meeting of the Australasian Science Association), entitled : " The astronomical explanation op a glacial period." by Alfred Barrett Biggs. Mr. Stephens exhibited a specimen of an Orthoceratite, belonging to the genus Actinoceras, from the Silurian limestone at Railton, in the Mersey district, and stated that he had sent a portion of the fossil, which, when found by Mr. Hainsworth, was in three pieces, to Sydney for identification – includes plate. The Secretary drew attention to a fine collection of Tasmanian mosses, beautifully mounted, and presented to the Museum by Mr. W. A. Weymouth, consisting of 57 specimens representing 50 species, making a total of those previously presented in May last by Mr. Weymouth, of 117 species.