170 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



Batavia, and the Observation of the Transit of Venus, 3rd June, 

 1769, dated " Endeavour Bark, at Onrust, near Batavia, the 

 23rd Oct., 1770." 



This letter was sent with an Admiralty Packet mentioned by 

 Admiral Wharton, under date, Oct. 25th, 1770. Cook says, in 

 his "Journal:" — " In the evening I sent the Admiralty Packet 

 on board the Kronenburg, Captain Fredrick Kelger, Commodore, 

 who, together with another Ship, sails immediately for the Cape, 

 where she waits for the remainder of the Fleet."-" 



8. Draft of a letter from Capt. Cook to the Royal Society of 

 London, reporting the Observation of the Transit of Venus, 3rd 

 June, 1769, dated "Endeavour Bark, Batavia, 23rd Oct., 1770." 



9. An account of the Transit of Venus at Tahiti, 3rd June, 

 1769.-' 



10. Four leaves from the journal of the Second Voyage, giving 

 an account of the inhabitants of Amsterdam Island,^ under date 

 October, 1773.='9 



11. "A Table for the Object-glass Micrometer apply*^ to the 

 object end of Mr. Cooks Telescope of 18 inch focal length." 



12. Admiral James Smith's letter to Edward Hawke Locker, 

 Greenwich Hospital, Kent, dated Moreton Abbey, 8th Oct., 

 1780, informing the latter that Mrs. Cook did not then possess 

 any of her husband's handwriting. 



13. "Song composed by Thomas Perry," probably one of the 

 crew of the " Resolution," during the Second Voyage, on leaving 

 the South Polar region (in type). 



During the year I succeeded in labelling and arranging the 

 Cook Relics proper, with the assistance of Mr. B. Lucas. They 

 were placed for temporary convenience at the south end of the 

 Upper Main Hall. 



A series of old MS. documents, possessed by the Trustees, was 

 also labelled and arranged in two cases, placed on the landings of 

 the private staircase. 



Numismatics. 



(Mr. A. J. NouTH, Assistant-hi-Charge). 



The registration in this Section was kept down by Mr. North, 

 but the general work was performed by myself. In former 

 Reports I referred to my desire to form the nucleus of a National 

 Numismatic Collection. During the latter part of 1899 this 



26 Ibid. p. 357. 



27 Ibid, p. 76. 



28 Tongatabu or Tonga. 



2!) Cook— Voy. towards S. Pole, etc., 3rd ed., i., 1779, p. 217. 



