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to co-operate in the work and to take such steps as they 

 may deem most advisable for the carrying out of this 

 work, more especially in securing in each State the active 

 assistance of specialists in different branches of Botany 

 and Zoology — 



New South, Wales. — The Royal Society, the Linnean 

 Society, the Australian Naturalists' Society, the Wild 

 Life Preservation Society, the Australian Museum. 

 Queensland. — The Microscopial Society, the Royal Society, 

 the Queensland Museum, the Field Naturalists' 

 Society. 

 South Australia. — The Royal Society, the South Aus- 

 tralian Museum, the Society for the Prevention of 

 Cruelty to Animals, the Australian Forest League 

 (South Australian Branch). 

 Tasumnia. — The Royal Society of Tasmania, the Tas- 



manian Museum. 

 Victoria. — The Royal Society, the Field Naturalists' 

 Club, the Ornithological Union, the National Museum, 

 the Microscopical Society. 

 Western Australia. — The Royal Society of Western Aus- 

 tralia, the Western Australian Museum. 



2. That in order to co-ordinate this work a Committee consisting 

 of Sir Baldwin Spencer (convener). Professor Ewart, 

 Mr. Hamilton, Mr. J. J. Fletcher, Dr. Shirley, Mr. A. 

 R. Riddle, Mr. Kershaw, Mr. Searle, Mr. Shephard, 

 Mr. Maiden, Captain S. A. White, Mr. Rodway, Mr. 

 Alexander, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Clive Lord, and Miss 

 Collins be appointed, with power to communicate with 

 the Societies and Institutions named. 



It was resolved to prepare a bibliography of the botany of the 

 Pacific Islands of special interest to Australia, under the auspices of a 

 Committee consisting of the Government Botanists of Queensland, New 

 South Wales, and Victoria, Mr. J. H. Maiden, F.R.S., to be the 

 convener. The sum of £50 was voted in aid of the work. 



Section E. 

 It was resolved — 



That a Committee be appointed to initiate a suitable distinctive 

 nomenclature for the natural regions of Australia, e.g., Gippsland. 



It was resolved to urge on the Federal Government that, in the 

 interests of historical and geograjihical research, it is desirable that 

 steps be taken to continue the work of obtaining translations of all 

 available journals of the early French navigators in Australian waters. 



