president's address. 1107 



Australia, and Professor Tate iu rejoinder, in the Proc. Hoy. See. 

 8. A. Vol. VIII. All other papers bearing upon the Upper 

 Paleozoic and Mesozoic rocks of the Southern Hemisphere may 

 be regarded as portions of the evidence before us. 



Exploration of Mt. Seaview. 



The successful ascent of Mount Bellendeai Ker, in North 

 Queensland, by Messrs. Sayer and Froggatt, and the discovery 

 of Himalayan forms of vegetation, such as rhododendron and 

 cranberry, have suggested to the eager mind of Baron von Miiller the 

 much less difficult exploration of Mount Seaview, near the head of 

 the Hastings River. It is quite possible or probable that some out- 

 liers of a Southern extension of this Asiatic Mountain Flora may 

 reach even so far south as this somewhat isolated peak, connected 

 jjerhaps in some way or other with the mountains of New Guinea 

 and Borneo, which seem to have served as stages in the geographic;?! 

 progress of these Northern forms. We are informed through the 

 kindness of Mr. Fosbery that the ascent of Mount Seaview 

 may be attempted .vith good prospect of success by starting from 

 Port Macquarie, about 60 miles distant, or from Walcha, about 

 80, bv making arrangements with the mail contractors in either 

 of these places. 



It seems not improbable that the Macleay Range, between the 

 Clarence and Macleay Basins, and Mount Lindsay at the western 

 extremity of the Nandewar Range, may in like manner yield 

 results of much interest and importance as bearing upon the 

 geographical distribution of plants. There is indeed a large area 

 of very high and difficult mountain country lying to the East of 

 the Dividing Range, which is, so far as I can leai-n, very 

 imperfectly known, and which deserves a close examination. 



Embryology of ]Monotremata and Marsupialia. 



We have received from Mr. W. H. Caldwell, who was so long 

 and so indefatigably engaged in Monotreme hunting to the North, 

 the first part of his Embryology of Monotremata and Marsupialia, 



