Report of the Council of the Royal Society of Tasmania for the year 1869

Abstract

The Session of 1869 was opened on the 9th March, with a paper by F. Abbott, Esq., F.R.A.S., on the late "Transit of Mercury over the Sun's Disc." Includes finance, report on the gardens and additions to the museum, Statement of funds of Society, books purchased and presented, presentations to museum with names of donors, plants & seeds received at Gardens,sent from Gardens and supplied to public places.