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Relieved of this load. I found it my duty to assist the National 

 Cause in Europe. In the meantime Professor W. A. Haswell, who had 

 very kindly undertaken the laborious work of editing the Botanical 

 and Zoological manuscri])ts, pushed on with the printing of those 

 Reports. 



On return to Australia in May, 1919, it was discovered that the 

 new Premier, the Hon. A. H. Peake, had issued orders to the Govern- 

 ment Printer, Mr. R. E. E. Rogers, to cease printing the Reports, as 

 it was considered that economy demanded such a course. 



Astounded by this unprecedented action in dishonouring the agree- 

 ment of a previous Premier, I hastened to the Mother State and placed 

 the case before the Premier, the Hon. W. A. Holman. As a result 

 an advisory committee was appointed, under the title of " Committee 

 on Printing of Records of Australasian Antarctic Expedition." The 

 committee includes Mr. W. A. Gullick (Government Printer), Mr. 

 Charles Hedley (Rep. Aust. Museum), and Mr. Ifould (the Chief 

 Librarian, Sydney, in charge of Historical Records). 



After protracted negotiations, an agreement was entered into 

 between the Hon. W. A. Holman, Premier of the State of New South 

 Wales, and myself, representing the Exiedition, dated 3rd March, 

 1920, whereby the cost of ])rinting and distri])ution of the Records at 

 the Government Printing Office, Sydney, is to be defrayed by the New 

 South Wales Government, and, in return, the assets of the Expedition 

 represented by natural history collections, historical relics, manuscripts, 

 and photographs are to pass to the State of New South Wales. 



Since that date the printing has gone forward most satisfactorily,, 

 thanks to the great personal attention bestowed by Mr. W. A. Gullick^ 

 the high standard of whose work is widely recognised. 



Several sums of money have been granted towards the cost of 

 working up and analyzing the scientific data in a form suitable for 

 ])ublication. These include a sum of £100 from the British Association, 

 £2.50 from the Royal Society, and £.500 from the New Zealand Govern- 

 ment. 



The arrangement of the matter for publication is under the following 

 three divisions : — 



Series A. — Geography, Physiographi/, Oceanography, Geology, and 



Glaciology. 



The principal contributions in this Section are being prepared by 

 Dr. F. L. Stillwell, Lieutenant-Commander J. K. Davis, F. Chapman, 

 and myself. These reports will incorporate, as sections of the publica- 

 tion, the observations of various members of the Scientific Staff of the 

 Expedition detailed to execute in the field special Geographical and 

 Geological operations. 



