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said iihis, he was sure Dr. Kane was entitled to the additional 

 sympathy of all the geographers there present. Therefore he was 

 proud to be the person who should make the motion ; and without 

 occupying more of their time he would read the Kesolution : — 



*' That, on the occasion of the arrival in this country of the eminent 

 Arctic explorer, Dr. E. K. Kane, of the United States,— who, for his 

 arduous and zealous endeavours, under the auspices of Messrs. 

 Grinnell and Peabody, to rescue Franklin, and the important addi- 

 tions he had made to geographical knowledge, had received the Gold 

 Medal of the Society : — the President do communicate on the part 

 of the Fellows, the expression of their sincere regret, upon learning 

 that this distinguished man should have been prevented by ill 

 health, from appearing at this meeting, to receive the unanimous 

 and hearty welcome which awaited him." 



Captain Sherard Osborn, r.n., c.b., begged to second the motion. 

 He ventured to do so, as one conversant with Arctic matters, and 

 having examined Dr. Kane's reports, he was sure that never did 

 Arctic traveller go through more extraordinary trials, or meet them 

 with more courage and energy. 



The President heartily concurred in the motion. He hardly 

 knew whether to admire more in Dr. Kane, his great enterprise and 

 perseverance, or his extraordinary modesty and generosity ; but that 

 he possessed these qualities, and everything that would fit him for 

 a traveller, there could be no question. He deeply regretted that 

 indisposition prevented Dr. Kane from following tip the course 

 which he had so successfully begun. 



The resolution, having been put to the Meeting, was unanimously 

 passed, amidst an expression of general sympathy. 



The following papers were then read : — 



1. Report of the Progress of the North Australian Expedition. By Mr. 

 A. 0. Gregory. 



Communicated by the Right Hon. H. Labouchebe, Colonial OflBce. 



Victoria River, 14th June, 1856. 

 Sir, — Circumstaiices having arisen which render it necessary that 

 the vessel, attached to the North Australian Expedition, should pro- 

 ceed to Timor for supplies, I avail myself of the opportunity to 

 transmit a brief account of the operations of the Expedition to the 

 present time, and its prospective movements. 



In my letter of the 23rd September, 1855, I detailed the pro- 



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