posted on 2023-11-22, 09:14authored byJames Douglas Ogilby
Having occasion some time ago to compare certain Tasmanian fishes with their New South Wales representatives, I applied for assistance to Mr. Alexander Morton, Curator of the Tasmanian Museum, Hobart, who, with a commendable promptitude and liberality which, with advantage to Australian biology, might be well imitated, forwarded unreservedly a number of the required species, with the suggestion that I should embody the result of my researches in the form of a paper to the Royal Society.
History
Publication title
Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Pagination
69-84
Rights statement
In 1843 the Horticultural and Botanical Society of Van Diemen's Land was founded and became the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science in 1844. In 1855 its name changed to Royal Society of Tasmania for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. In 1911 the name was shortened to Royal Society of Tasmania..