78 A REPLY TO " SOME CRITICAL NOTES, ETC." 



As K iiKittcr of fart, tln're is not <i irord ahmit " rt'm'dirh irork " 

 in this rrsolution at nil, the ironls hcin;/ simpli/ unnereH- 

 sinilij Hsrd III/ Mr. Shiilcji for reasons htfst knoini to 



/lilllSI'If. 



In the rule first quoted by Mr. Thomson, the words 

 *' original contribution " form a term well understood in scientific 

 societies as meaning a distinct discovery, adding some item or 

 items to the sum total of scientific knowledge ; and the words 

 " research work " merely paraphrase this term. Mr. Thomson 

 has wholly misunderstood this first rule, which plainly debars all 

 extracts, summaries, and popular lectures from a place in the 

 catalogue. 



The second rule quoted by him clearly proves that a selec- 

 tion as to quality must be made. 



17. /'. 4, linrs 37-39. 



" All jiroiluetions tlmt ilo not contain uriifinal or rrsinrcli 



/re//," Jiiirr )iot Ix'fn rnlcti out lii/ n Ion;/ irai/. 

 I a. I " ('ontril)Uti(ins to tlic liiblioiirafihif of (rold." 



This was written by Professor Liversidge as an appendix to 

 the " Bibliography of Gold," published in Locke's Gold (London, 

 18H2), a standard work ; it had been accepted and printed by the 

 Australasian Association. 



til.) Xarratirc of an K.iphiration of the L'oen. 



I am still of opinion that Captain Pennefather's notes as 

 supplied by him to Major Boyd are worthy of an entry. 

 ! c. I T)i the Earlj/ Vaijs. 



This is really a history of the colony as rescued from con- 

 temporary records, and the valuable information supplied was 

 judged to deserve mention. 



( d. ) f^ite aniomi the Afijiians. 



Mr. Thomson conceals the facts that on p. 22 there is 

 printed in brackets (Communicated by), and on p. 62 it is dis- 

 tinctly shown to be Dr. Gray's. 



le.i Queensland Past and Present. 



A statistical record of the material position and progress of 

 the colony, with the Government impress, stands on a different 

 level to a private production. As the work is published annually, 

 the last volume is the only one that needs mention. On receipt 

 of a copy of this work from Mr. Weedon, Mr. Thomson wrote 



