Papers And Proceedings Of The Royal Society Of Tasmania For The Year 1911 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, for the Year 1923: With 13 Plates and 19 d104 Figures In 1885 the Society gave back to the Crown the Botanical Gardens and the Museum, which, with the collections of the Museum, were vested' in a body of trustees, of whom six are chosen from the Society. In consideration of the services it had rendered in the promotion. Of science, and in the formation and management of the Museum and' Gardens, the right was reserved to the Society to have exclusive possession of sufficient and convenient rooms in the Museum, for th-e safe custody of its Library, and for its meetings, and for all other purpose 1' connect ed with it. In 1911 the Parliament of Tasmania, by The Royal Society Act, created the Society a body corporate by the name of The Royal Society of Tasmania, with perpetual succession. The object of the Society is declared by its Rules to be the advancement of knowledge. His Majesty the King is Patron of the Society; and His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania is President. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.