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Abstract

A printed copy of the Annual Report of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land (1869). The report includes a meteorological and botanical abstract for 1869-70, and details membership for the year. Highlights for the year included the introduction of 400 new plants to the Royal Society Gardens (Now Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens), and the expansion of the conchological collection at the Society Museum (Now Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery). Fauna specimens were exchanged with Magdalene College, Cambridge, and Kentucky. From Cotton Family Papers C7/115

Item Type:	Other
Authors/Creators:	The Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land
Keywords:	The Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land, The Royal Society of Tasmania, annual report, 1869, Royal Society Museum, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Society Gardens, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Hobart, Tas, Tasmania, Royal Society Library, members of the royal society, 1860s, social history, science, fauna, conchological collection, research, Cotton Family Papers, GF Story, George Fordyce Story, Dr Milligan, Dr Hooker, Dr J Cox, coniferae
Publisher:	University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Materials Collection
Collections:	Quaker Collection Dr GF Story Collection
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