EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES. : li 
Reasons for Establishment of a Philological Section from the 
Committee of Section I. 
1. To encourage and develop study of Polynesian and Aus- 
tralian languages from the linguistic and phonetic 
standpoints. = 
Collation of the results of the work of Polynesian scholars, 
with the latest linguistic and philological move- 
ments in Europe. 
38. Much purely philological work, now crowded into: the 
: Education and Ethnological Sections, should have 
its own separate recognition. 
4, Students of Classical, Romance, and Teutonic Philology 
can at present find no field at all. The “ Educa- 
tion” Section is very remotely allied to these 
studies. 
5. With Philology should be included Phonetics, without 
which the study of. Aboriginal languages cannot be 
complete. 
KS) 
1. The following Committee to report on the Education of 
Defective Children :— 
Mr. R. M. Johnston, Mr. S. Clemes, Mr. C. Bjelke- 
Petersen, Dr. Scott, Mr. T. Stephens, Dr. Delaney, 
Mr. Richard Smith, Miss S. Clarke, Miss Poulett- 
Harris, Miss Jay, Mr. E. I. Gower (Secretary), with 
power to add to their number. 
2. (a) That it be a rule that all papers be sent to the General 
or Sectional Secretaries at least a fortnight before 
the Congress, and that each paper be accompanied 
by an abstract for the press and a brief synopsis of 
its contents. 
(b) That these papers be submitted to the Vice-Presidents 
and Secretary of the respective Sections for exami- 
nation. 
(c) That they shall determine which papers shall be read 
and in what order. 
(d) That all writers of papers who do not conform to these 
rules must take the chance of having their papers 
accepted. 
Srcrion H. 
The Committee of Section H recommend that a suggestion be 
sent to the Prime Minister, asking that before the site of the 
Federal capital is determined the advice be obtained of a Board 
to consist of Architects, Hngineers, and Surveyors, with the ad- 
dition of one or more medical men, and one or more business men. 
GENERAL ProGRAMME FOR THE WEEK. 
WepneEspay, 8TH JANUARY. P 
11 a.m.—General Council meets in the room of the Royal 
Society. 
2 p.m.—Sectional Committees meet in their rooms. 
3 p.m.—Garden Party at Stoke, Sir John and Lady Dodds. 
8 p.m.—Presidential Address in the Reception Room, Town 
Hall. , 
