Abstract of Proceedings for April, 1905

The Fellows of the Royal Society of Tasmania opened their session for 1905, being the 62nd, at their rooms, on Tuesday, April 11, 1905. His Excellency the Governor, Sir Gerald Strickland, K.C.M.G., President of the Society (accompanied by Lady Edeline Strickland, Miss Drummond, and suite), presided. Meeting opened with an Address of Welcome by Mr. A.G. Webster, Chairman of the Council addressing His Excellency.His Excellency the Governor delivered a Presidential Address:- "Mr. Chairman, Members of the Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society, The honour of addressing this Society as its president ex-officio is, at the same time, amongst the most pleasant and the most arduous of the duties devolving on the Governor of this Slate; it has been forcibly brought to my notice that the Royal Society of Tasmania is the senior Royal Society established in the Southern Hemisphere, and the vigour with which the point has been pressed has tempted me to examine if this be a mere coincidence, or the result of some relation of Cause and Effect.