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The monthly meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania was held on Monday June 15th, 1896. The President (His Excellency Viscount Gormanston, R.C.M.G.), in the chair. There was an unusually large, influential, and representative gathering on Monday at the monthly meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania. Prior to the commencement of the meeting a handsome memorial fountain to the memory of Sir Robert Hamilton, K.C.M.G., LL.D., the late revered Governor of the colony, erected in the vestibule of the Museum, was unveiled, the ceremony being performed by His Excellency Viscount Gormanston, K.C.M.G , the present Governor. The following gentlemen were elected Fellows :—Messrs. Cecil Anderson, A. D. Watchorn, Wilfrid Giblin, M.R.C.S., R. Templeman.
History
Publication title
Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
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v-ix
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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..