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

The last meeting of the Royal Society for the present session was held at the Tasmanian Museum on Monday evening, November 18, 18S9. There was a large attendance of Fellows and several ladies, and His Excellency the Governor (President) presided.
Bishop Montgomery and Mr. J. H. Innes were elected Fellows, and Drs. Schewiakoff and Lauterbach and Mr, F. D. Power were elected corresponding members. The President, in declaring the results of the ballot, said he was sure they would all sympathise deeply with the Bishop in the trouble with which his family were afflicted, and had it not been for that he had no doubt they would have had him present with them that evening. Mr. J. B. Walker read a paper entitled " The Founding of Hobart." This was a further contribution to the series of articles by that gentleman upon the early history of the colony, based upon original official documents preserved in the English State Record Office, and recently copied by Mr. Bonwick for the Tasmanian Government. H noted Kangaroo, emu, pigeons, quail, and black swans were plentiful, and during the winter months black whales abounded in the river, as many as fifty being seen at a time. Explorations were made up the Derwent as far as Macquarie Plains, and the Huon was visited. The new settlement received the name of " Hobart Town" after the removal of the Risdon colony, but for years it was generally known as "The Camp." The second detachment from Port Phillip did not arrive until the 25th June, the Ocean being five weeks on the passage. A census taken at the end of July gave the total population at 433. Includes list of additions to the Library of the Royal Society for the month of November.