REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 295 



It is of great importance, in view of the necessity of undertaking 

 extensive magnetic surveys in Australia in the near future, not onlv 

 for scientific but also for very practical purposes, that the observatories 

 of Sydney and Perth should be brought into line with Melbourne and 

 Christchurch in regard to terrestrial magnetism. 



The Association would render a signal service to science if this 

 object could be achieved. 



2.— REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE MAGNETIC 

 SURVEY OF NEW ZEALAND. 



Since the last meeting of the Association the magnetic survey of 

 New Zealand has progressed. Mr. H. F. Skey, who is now in charge 

 of the magnetic observatory in Christchurch, has made observations 

 at about 40 stations in the Middle Island, selected with a view to filling 

 in the gaps in the previous work. 



The work just done practically completes the survey of the main 

 islands of New Zealand. In view, however, of the investigations of the 

 Carnegie Institution at Washington, in the Pacific Ocean, and of the 

 general activity in terrestrial magnetism, it is most desirable that the 

 magnetic survey of New Zealand should be extended so as to embrace 

 the outlying islands of New Zealand. 



Representations have been made to this effect to the New Zealand 

 Government by the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, associated 

 with the affiliated institutes. To these representations Dr. Bauer, of 

 the Carnegie Institute, and Mr. Baracchi, of the Melbourne Observatory, 

 have lent the weight of their support, and it is hoped that a favorable 

 reply will soon be received. 



