Proceedings of the Royal Society for the month of October, 1887

The usual monthly meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania was held on Monday evening, October 10th, 1887. The President, His Excellency Sir Robert Hamilton, occupied the chair at opening, and there was a moderate attendance of Fellows, and lady visitors. Includes a list of additions to the library during the month of September . The President made an announcement that more than a week ago Mr. Morton, our secretary, received a letter from Dr. Agnew, from Melbourne, in which he announced that he placed £500 at the disposal of the Royal Society, if they would undertake the trust, to give one more trial under the most favourable conditions to the introduction of a fresh supply of salmon ova for Tasmania and he expressed his wish that Sir Thomas Brady, who has already done so much in the selection of ova should be invited to select this batch in that stage of development, accompany it to Tasmania, and to see to its deposit in the Salmon Ponds here. Discussion on the papers presented and Mr. R. A. Bastow read a paper on a Building Rotifer : Mr. Morton stated that Mr. Arthur Brent, an enthusiastic collector of birds eggs, had informed him of the discovery of a nest and eggs of the common white hawk, Asturnovae-hollandiae, generally known as the Goshawk. in a gully near Austin's Ferry