Proceedings of the Royal Society for the month of October, 1875

Abstract

The monthly evening meeting was held on the 12th October, the Lord Bishop of Tasmania in the chair. -The Rev. Julian Woods observed that Mr. Spicer, whose reputation as a botanist required no comment, had laid the Society under a great obligation. The Society was now fortunate in having such a Herbarium, as it could be truly called a type collection—such a collection indeed as no other colonial society with which he was acquainted, possessed. -E. C. Nowell, Esq., the Government Statistician, read an elaborate and carefully prepared paper "On the Vital Statistics of Tasmania, with especial reference to the Mortality of Children." -