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handed. I should like to see it tal<en up by a section of the Royal 

 Geographical Society, who will, 1 believe, recognise in this paper 

 an honest effort to improve our official records in this direction.* 



I have gratefully to acknowledge help from Sir Samuel Daven- 

 port, in the advice he has given, and to Sir Henry Ayers, for infor- 

 mation promptly supplied. My thanks are due to G. W. Goyder, 

 Esq., C.M.G., for his kind co-operation ; to the Town Clerk, for 

 having kindly corrected my list of the persons after whom the 

 streets were named ; to Mr. Thos. Gill, for the full use of his 

 books and memoranda ; to Mr. J. W. Jones (secretary of. the 

 section), for original documents obtained by him for my use ; to 

 articles in the South Australian Register, and Mr. H. C. Talbot, 

 for substantial help in looking up and noting references. 



-o-ijl-o- 



4.-FIJI. 

 By J. P. THOMSOX, M A., G.E. 



0-I.JI-O 



5.— GEOGRAPHICAL RESULTS OF THE ELDER EX- 

 PLORATION EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL AUS- 

 TRALIA. 



By J. TV. JONES, Conservator of Water, South Australia. 

 (Withdra^sth-.) 



6.— LETTER FROM MR. CHARLES HEDLEY, F.L.S. 



The Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W., 

 Aiigust 21st, 1893. 

 Sir — At the instance of this section, the Admiralt}' was, to the 

 benefit of geographers, induced to place upon the official charts 

 the name of " The Tasman Sea," to designate that portion of the 

 Pacific lying between New Zealand and Australia. 



• At a general meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, South Australian Branch, held 

 November 13th, 1885, Archdeacon Farr " suggested that the Council should endeavor, as far 

 as possible, to ascertain the origin of the numberless native names of places in the colony 

 and preserve a history of them." 



