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

The monthly evening meeting of the society was held on Monday evening, October 16th, the acting president, His Excellency the Administrator (the Hon. J. S. Dodds,C.M.G., C.J.) presiding.<br>Paper by L. Rodway was read on Botanical Notes, including a list of plants and fungi.<br>List of Tasmanian Coleoptera, by Arthur M. Lea.<br>Mr. J. B. Walker, F.R.G.S., read a most interesting paper entitled, "Tasmanian Abrogines, their Customs and Habits," illustrated with some specially prepared lantern slides.<br>Through the kindness of Mr. Aikenhead, M.H.A.. of Devonport, an enthusiastic photographer and a member of the society, Mr. Morton said he had been enabled to show five lantern slides of some lightning flashes taken by Mr. Aikenhead at his residence on Friday, the lS)th November 1897.<br>Some interesting lantern slides, kindly loaned by Mr. Aikenhead, illustrating the natives of Burmah, houses, etc., were exhibited.