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The monthly meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania was held at the Museum on Tuesday, June 13, Mr. J. Barnard (Senior Vice-president) occupying the chair. There was a moderate attendance of members and several ladies. The following gentlemen were balloted for and elected Fellows of the Society :—Messrs. T. E. Stewart Abbott, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., W. T. Strutt, F. Vv. Piesse, Colonel Cox, C.B., and Mrs. C. Eddie (Launceston). Discusion on Mr. W. A. Weymouth’s paper “Some additions to the moss flora of Tasmania” and Mr. R. M. Johnston -“The glacier epoch of Australasia”. Mr. T. B. Moore, F.R.G.S., contributed some supplementary notes to his paper, read at the April meeting on “The discovery of glaciation in Tasmania”.
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Publication title
Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
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ix-xii
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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..