Notes on charts of the coast of Tasmania, obtained from the hydrographical department, Paris, and copied by permission of the French government

More than a year ago Mr. McClymont spoke to me of the charts of which copies are attached to this paper. He explained at the last meeting of the Royal Society the manner in which he had become acquainted with their existence. I am sorry that it has not fallen to his lot to formally present them to you, for the Society is really indebted to him for their possession. Furthermore, in making the presentation he would have been much more able to accompany the gift with an explanation of the character and history of the charts. Another gentleman to whom thanks are due is my friend Monsieur Adelphe Patricot, of St. James's, Paris, who, after some little difficulty, overcame the prejudice that the French authorities have to allowing plans and maps to be copied, and then insisted on taking upon himself the cost of having facsimile tracings made. Acknowledgments are also due to the Hon. E. N. C. Braddon, who, when Minister of Lands and Works, authorised the reproduction of the charts at the Government Photolithographic Establishment. Includes two charts of Marion's Expedition, 1772. chart of Captain Hayes' discoveries. and chart of Flinders' and Bass' discoveries

Detention of Flinders at the Mauritius.

When Flinders and some of his crew, the Investigator having been condemned and the Porpoise lost, came in the little sloop Cumberland to Port Louis in December, 1803, " to ask for succour and the means of repairs necessary to continue their voyage," to use the words of the passport, General De Caen, Governor of the Mauritius, refused the request, and made the captain and crew prisoners of war. Includes discussion by Mr J.B. Walker

Antarctic exploration

Antarctic exploration is no new subject for discussion at the meetings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. Our founder was the hero of Arctic research, and our records contain papers by another of our distinguished Fellows—the facile princeps of Antarctic explorers, Sir James Ross—of whose expeditions Hobart was the base of operations. In later times one of the best records of Antarctic exploration up to date is contained in the paper read before us in 1886 by the late Deputy Surveyor-General, Charles Sprent. That paper is so complete a history of what had been done that I should not have again called your attention to the subject but for the additional information that has lately been obtained in connection with voyaging among ice under conditions totally different to those under which Ross achieved so much. The information is derivable from papers that have been recently read, and discussions that have taken place upon them at the meetings of the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. I need hardly say that the new conditions under which voyaging among ice floes and bergs is being done are those connected with the use of steam. Up to the present time no properly equipped and constructed steam vessel has crossed the Antarctic circle. The Challenger is the only steam vessel that has crossed the circle ; and, as she was not intended for service in high latitudes, she was wholly unprotected for ice work. But the experience gained by the Dundee and Norwegian steam whalers during the 1892-93 season in the neighbourhood of Graham's Land and the South Shetlands, just north of the Antarctic circle, show very clearly under how much more favourable conditions Antarctic research can now be undertaken than when Cook and Weddell and Ross penetrated beyond the 70th parallel of south latitude

Note on an early chart showing the tracks of Tasman's voyages in 1642 and 1644

The Government of Tasmania very liberally caused to be photo-lithographed a facsimile copy .which I had made of a chart showing the tracks of Tasman in his two voyages of of discovery in the years 1642 and 1644. The chart copied is in the Sloane Collection in the British Museum, and is marked on the back " Bibl. Sloan. 5222, 12. N.W. Closet 16." It is evidently a manuscript of the latter half of the 17th century, and was certainly copied by an Englishman, and probably from the original chart of Francz Jacobsz Visser, the chief pilot on board the Heemskirk on Tasman's first voyage, and captain and chief pilot of the Lemmen, Tasman's flagship in the expedition of 1644. A reduced map from the same chart is given in Major's "Early Voyages to Terra Australis," published in 1859 by the Hakluyt Society

On some tide observations at Hobart during February and March, 1889

Wishing, primarily in connection with the obtaining of necessary information for purposes connected with the drainage of Hobart, and secondarily, to fix the mean sea level for geodetic and engineering matters, to get a series of tidal observations, I spoke to Captain Oldham, of H.M.S. "Egeria," on the subject and he at once arranged to fix the automatic\ud tide gauge of his ship on the New Wharf, and to have observations taken for as long a period as the sojourn at Hobart permitted. I am indebted to him for the accompanying remarks and tables of observations

Natural Geometry

At a time when the desirability and importance of imparting technical education to all classes are generally admitted, an effort to render such education easier to both teacher and pupil is worth consideration. Intelligent reasoning is the basis of all such education. And of such reasoning mathematical is the most important, and perhaps the most difficult, to the young and uneducated. There are two ordinary methods of learning mathematics: one, the Euclidian, which follows a road to a goal that the traveller does not see until he arrives at it; and the other, the method of most books on arithmetic and mensuration, which shows the goal without pointing out the road that leads to it. There is no novelty in applying concrete reasoning to the solution of mathematical propositions

The drainage of Hobart

Having lately had to report officially upon the sewerage of the City of Hobart, it has struck me that it might be useful to place before the Royal Society some facts and considerations connected with the subject. It is so important that the more it is discussed the better, provided that the discussion leads to the adoption, and the early adoption, of the best means to ameliorate the present condition of things. To place the matter before you, allow me to make the following recapitulation from my official report to the Central Board of Health: The area of the city is 1,270 acres; the population is about 25,000; the number of houses is about 4,500; the water supply is said to be equal to 65gal. a day to each inhabitant, or 330gal to each house. There are probably 400 houses with waterclosets, 600 with privies with moveable pails that are periodically emptied by the nightmen in the service of the corporation, and the remaining 3,500 have ordinary privies, the cesspools of which are emptied at much longer intervals of time. The length of public sewers is not accurately known, but the greater part of the city is without underground drainage. The length of streets is about 37 miles. No plan of sewage treatment is at present proposed, but the outfall sewers are so arranged as to admit of the construction of depositing tanks and other works, should such at any time hereafter be found desirable. Various problems had to be solved before any complete system could be properly formulated. In the solutions herein proposed it will be found that the greatest efficiency is invariably accompanied by the greatest economy

Java as a Western construct: an examination of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles\u27 The History of Java

Among nineteenth-century books on Indonesia published in England, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles’ The History of Java holds a unique position. While serving as Lieutenant Governor in Indonesia, Raffles went to great length in documenting the island’s history, culture, architecture and contemporary civilization. His observations were published in a two-volume study entitled The History of Java, whose most outstanding feature is the sixty-six engravings it includes. Ten of these engravings are colored aquatints by William Daniell, illustrating Javanese life and costume. Published in 1817, Raffles’ History of Java is considered, to the present day, a highly important work, particularly because of its perceived accuracy in documenting Javanese costume and ethnography at the turn of the nineteenth century. This thesis questions Raffles’ claim to accuracy based on arguments derived from the critical debate over Orientalism triggered by the publication of Edward Said’s namesake book in 1978. While Raffles and Daniell purport to represent the people of Java as products of Javanese civilization, there is a clearly defined colonialist agenda looming behind the plates inserted in the History of Java

Social Determinants of Health Screening in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients

Abstract Objective: Examine effectiveness of the implementation of a social determinant screening tool for hospitalized pediatric patients. Methods: An adaptation of the WE CARE screening tool produced by Boston Medical Center was used on admission for pediatric patients admitted to an acute care children’s hospital in the southeastern United States. The screening tool was implemented over a three month period from October 2021-January 2022. Based on survey results social work consults were initiated and resource connections made as needed. Disparities identified and resource connections made with the use of the survey was compared to the same three month time period of the year prior. Results:While no statistically significant findings were obtained due to a small project sample size there were several takeaways when analyzing obtained data. When compared to pre-data, there was an increase in determinant screening with the implementation of a standardized screening tool with 100% of patients being screened during implementation compared to 83.3% prior. Further, there appeared to be a reduction in social work referrals made and resource connections secured when comparing post data to pre-data but several factors seemed to influence these results including bias related to sample size and outlying factors to consider for patients in the project sample size. Conclusions: As it is estimated thatmedical care only accounts for 10-20% of overall health, with the remaining 80-90% influenced by social factors, it is of upmost importance to regularly screen for social determinants of health (Magnan, 2017). While the primary care setting is normally the main focus of determinant screening, the AAP recommends screening for social determinants at each patient encounter (AAP, 2020). The acute care setting provides a unique opportunity for social disparity screening as needs can be discovered at admission and may be resolved by discharge. Evidence supports the use of a screening tool for social determinant recognition and after the review of available tools, the WE CARE screening tool was chosen based on delivery method, accessibility, and length (Morone, 2017). The implementation of this tool has the potential to improve management and care of patients in the pediatric population and their families

Practicable forestry in Tasmania and elsewhere

The immense extent of forest land in Tasmania has struck every visitor to the island from the time of Abel Tasman to our own day. On the visitors who came to stay as settlers, this fact made an unfavourable impression, as its signification to them was the cost of clearing land for cultivation. And this impression has coloured and affected all that has been done in the way of dealing with forest land in the State. Trees have been regarded almost exclusively as impediments to agriculture, and not as possessing any intrinsic value worth consideration