Proceedings of the Royal Society for the month of May, 1889

The monthly evening meeting was held on May lith. The President, His Excellency Sir Robert G. C. Hamilton, K.C.B., presided.
Mr. R, Price- Williams was introduced as a visitor.
Mr. Barnard desired, on behalf of the Royal Society, of which he was one of the oldest vice-presidents, to thank His Excellency for the part taken by him in that afternoon's proceedings relative to the new wing now added to the Museum building. He referred to the small beginnings in the matter of a museum first taken up by the Tasmanian Scientific Institution, of which Institution only two members —Dr. Agnew and himself—now remained alive. They then had an exhibition of specimens in a room in Macquarie-street without any attempt at classification. He congratulated the Royal Society on the progress made, and also the Museum Trustees on the fine addition to their building, for despite the fact that there were some persons who regarded the Museum and Royal Society as separate institutions, he could not in his mind separate them, for they had one object, the advancement and increase of knowledge. He also referred in congratulatory terms respecting the movement in the direction of an art gallery. Various papers were presented.