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The monthly meeting of the Royal Society
of Tasmania was held at the Tasmanian
Museum on Tuesday evening,
12th inst. His Excellency Sir Gerald
Strickland, who was accompanied by
Lady Edeline Strickland, and attended
by Captain Maclean Grilhn, A.D.C., presided.
His Excellency introduced the discussion
on a paper read by the bishop of
Tasmania at the previous meeting on
the housing problem, and referred to the
exhibition of model cottages for working
men recently held in London. The
cottages contained four or five rooms, and
were erected at a cost of about £150.
The Secretary (Mr. Alex. Morton) read
a paper prepared by Mr. W. F. Petterd,
entitled, "A note on the occurrence in
Wales of the mineral dundasite which
was supposed heretofore to be peculiar
to Tasmania."
The next paper was one read by Professor
H. B. Kitz on the "Evolution of
Words."
Mr. A. D. Arundel, an English visitor,
delivered a very interesting lecturette on
"Colour Photography". There was, he
said, at present no complete method of
colour photography, though experiments
in photographing through coal tar seemed
to promise some success.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Royal Society of Tasmania
Keywords:	Royal Society of Tasmania, Van Diemens Land, VDL, Hobart Town, natural sciences, proceedings, records
Journal or Publication Title:	Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Collections:	Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Additional Information:	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.
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