Proceedings of the Royal Society for the month of November, 1897

The last monthly meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania, and the last of the session of 1897, was held on Monday, November 15, in their room at the Museum, when Mr. T. Stephens presided, and there was a fair attendance of members and visitors.
Mr. R. M. Johnston said : Before proceeding with the business of the evening, he would like to say he was sure all very gladly welcomed back amongst them their esteemed secretary, Mr. Alex. Morton. Mr. Morton had accomplished good work in Western Australia, and had enriched both the Museums of Western Australia and Tasmania to a very great extent. He was very pleased indeed to see him back and looking so well and hearty, and was glad now to re-commit to him the small part of the duties he had performed during his (Mr. Mortons) absence. Mr. Morton wished to thank Mr. R. M. Johnston and Mr. Rodway for having so kindly acted in his absence. He was not going to say anything that evening about his trip, because there was a full programme already, and he would defer the subject till their first meeting next session.
Mr. Morton recommended to the meeting for election, as corresponding members, the following gentlemen of Western Australia, who had rendered him much help whilst in the colony, and took a deep interest in this society. They were :—Mr. B. H. Woodward, Curator Perth Museum ; W. J. Greenard, Inspector of Mines, Cue, western division ; and Mr. H. B. Walsh, Police Magistrate, Upper Murehison, Mileura Station, West Australia, Mr. Greenard helped him very considerably.
Indeed, he did not know how he would have, got on without him.
On one trip he drove him 100 miles and helped him to get some very valuable mineral specimens. Mr. Walsh also assisted him in obtaining valuable ethnological collections.
The gentlemen were unanimously elected.
MEMORIAL TO BARON VON MULLER, The Secretary (Mr. Alex. Morton) said that during his recent visit to Melbourne he had met Professor W. Baldwin Spencer, M.A., Professor of Biology of the Melbourne University, who had informed him that the United Scientific Societies of Australasia had agreed to unite in obtaining sufficient funds for the purpose of establishing some tangible form of perpetuating the memory of the illustrious deceased Baron Von Mueller.
The members present were of opinion that something in the way of a scholarship was more preferable than a monument, which, if erected should be more of a local character, and decided to support the proposal of the Council of the Royal Society of Tasmania.