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Following is the reply of the Commonwealth Government to a letter 

 communicating the above resolution : — 



Commonwealth of Australia, 



Prime Minister's Department. 



Melbourne, 3rd March, 1921. 

 Dear Sir, 



With reference to your letter of the 24th February, embodying a resolution 

 urging that the Commonwealth Government contribute £1,000 per annum towards 

 the maintenance of the Samoan Observatory, I desire to inform you that this 

 matter has received careful consideration, but that it is regretted that the Com- 

 monwealth cannot agree to share in the cost of maintenance of the Observatory. 



Yours faithfully. 



(Sgd.) ' P. E. DEANE, 



Secretary. 



Section B. 

 This Section recommended — 



1. That this Association urge upon the Federal Government the 

 necessity of taking steps to see that so far as possible all 

 new chemical works and plant should be erected with a 

 view to ready adaptability to war work in case of need. 



Section C. 



1 . Carboniferous and Permian Rocks of Australia Committee. — It was 

 decided to form a Committee for <;he classification and correlation of 

 the Carboniferous and Permian rocks of Australia in lieu of a Com- 

 mittee bearing the name Permocarboniferous of Australia. 



The following to be the names of the Committee : — Professor Sir 

 Edgeworth David, Professor Skeats, Professor Sir Douglas Mawson, 

 Professor Richards, Professor Benson, Dr. Walkom, Dr. Woolnough, 

 Mr. GiBB Maitland, Mr. Dunstan, Mr. W. R. Browne, Mr. Chapman, 

 Mr. Loftus Hills, Mr. P. G. Morgan, with Mr. W. S. Dun and Mr. 

 C. A. SussMiLCH as Secretaries. 



2. Investigation of the Structural Features and Landforms in Aus- 

 tralasia Committee. — It was decided to form a Committee with the 

 name " For investigation of the structural features and landforms in 

 Australasia " in lieu of two Committees named '" Structural features 

 in Australia " and " Physiographic features of Australasia." 



The following to be members of the Committee : — Professor Sir 

 Edgeworth David, Professor Skeats, Professor Benson, Professor 

 HowcHiN, Professor Taylor, Professor Sir Douglas Mawson, Mr. 

 Sussmilch, Dr. Fenner, Dr. Woolnough, Dr. Jensen, Mr. L. K. 

 Ward, Mr. Andrews, Mr. A. G. Maitland, Mr. Dunstan. Mr. 

 Speight, Mr. Stanley, Mr. Keble, Mr. Chapman, with Professor 

 L. A. Cotton and Dr. C. A. Cotton as Secretaries. 



