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would probably bo a material addition to our prosperity, and it would 

 soon increase our ])opulation by causin<>' the families of the hardy seamen 

 who would man the tleet to remove from their liomes in Shetland and 

 Orkney and the Scotch coasts and settle here. 



In conclusion, 1 venture to submit that I have been able to point to 

 jjood and substantial objects, both scientific and commercial, to justify 

 a renewal of Antarctic research, and 1 feel assured that uothin<jj could 

 bring to us greater distinction in the eyes of the whole civilized world 

 than such an expedition, judiciously planned and skillfully carried out. 



