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voyage. Some low forms of vegetable life were secured, and a 

 small collection of birds and fishes also. The seals killed bore 

 wounds, which the whalemen declared could have been inflicted 

 by polar bears, or, by an animal similarly armed. The wounds 

 were large deep gashes, always found on the lower part of the 

 back. Meteorological observations were made, and records of 

 sea temperatures taken. Mr. E. C. Borchgrevinck, a surveyor, 

 joined the ship as a seaman, and has been the means of recoi'ding 

 the information of scientific value which has come to hand, and 

 his services were performed under grave disadvantage and 

 deserve our recognition. 



The accounts of the voyage have kindled new interest in the 

 project throughout the world, and we hear rumours of early 

 expeditions starting from Great Britain, America and Germany. 



It is to be hoped that the influence of the learned societies of 

 Great Britain, now being exerted to get the Royal Navy to 

 despatch an expedition fully equipped for scientific research, will 

 be crowned with success at an early date. 



G. S. Griffiths. 



(3) Gravity Survey Committee. 



Your Committee has only a brief report to present this year. 

 Since the date of the last report the secretary has returned from 

 England, where he secured sets of swings with the new half- 

 second pendulums at the Observatories of Greenwich, Kew, and 

 Cambridge. Since his return he has been occupied, in conjunction 

 with Mr. Baracchi, in the making of a new set of observations 

 for comparison with those taken last year. These observations, 

 as well as those made in England, are now undergoing reduc- 

 tion. 



It is hoped that the determination of correcting factors may 

 be completed in the course of the summer, so that no further 

 difficulty may hinder the extension of the survey throughout 

 Australia. 



Your committee desii-es to he re-appointed. 



E. F. J. LovK. 



