Proceedings of the Royal Society for the month of May, 1899

The monthly meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania was held on Tuesday, May l6, at the Museum. The President, the Administrator of the Government (His Excellency Mr Justice Dodds, C.M.G., C.J.) presided.<br>The administrator was congratulated upon becoming Chief Justice.<br>New members were elected and a visitor, Mr. H. M. Chrisp, engineer of the Great Western Railway was introduced to the present members.<br>The Secretary submitted the following paper on "Felsites and Associated Rocks of Mount Read," by Messrs. W. H. Twelvetrees, F.G.S., and W. F. Petterd, O.M.Z.S. Mr. W. H. Dawson read a paper on "Forecasts of the Future in Modern Literature." Mr. J . W. Beattie read a most interesting paper, and Mr. Leonard Rodway gave an account of a recent visit made by them to the Hartz Mountains and the Picton district.