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Proceedings of the Monthly Meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania held on the 13th December, 1854, the chair was occupied by His
Excellency the President, Sir W. T. Denison, F.R.S., &c. &c.
The following gentlemen were, after a ballot, declared to be duly elected into
the Society :

Peter Roberts, Esq., of Ashgrove; W. H. Archer, Esq., of Melbourne, late
Registrar- General for Victoria; the Rev. P. V. M. Filleul, M.A., Warden of
Christ's College, Bishopsboure ; Henry Berthon, Esq., H.E.I.C.S., the Very
Rev. William Hall, (Vicar- General) of Hobart Town; John Thomson, Esq.,
Robert Pott, Esq., William Tyson, Esq., Henry Graham, Esq., M.D., of Launceston.
Other candidates for membership were nominated for next ballot. Listing donations to the library and museum. His Excellency the President laid before the meeting an elaborate and carefully
constructed table of meteorological observations taken during the month of January
last at Government House by Messrs. H. Hull and F. Stanley Dobson, with the
aneroid and syphon barometers, the sympiesometer, wet and dry thermometers.

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 and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
ISSN:	0080-4703
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 The Royal Society of Tasmania.
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