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Suggested Alteration of Rule 25. 

 Mr. Maiden stated that the Committee of Section A suggested 

 that Rule 25 be altered to allow of the Sectional Committees adding 

 to the number of Vice-Presidents. The Recommendation Committee 

 did not agree ; they thought it right that all such appointments should 

 rest with the local Council. Action of the Recommendation Committee 

 confirmed. 



THIRD MEETING. 

 12 Noon, Friday, 14th January, 1913. 

 The President, Professor David, in the Chair. 



Mueller Memorial Medal. 

 Professor Baldwin Spencer moved, and Mr. A. C. Macdonald 

 seconded, that, in addition to the ex officio members of the Committee, 

 namely, the President and the Permanent Honorary Secretary, the 

 following should be appointed : — Professor E. C. Stirling, Dr. T. S. Hall, 

 Mr. R. H. Cambage, and Professor Skeats. Carried. 



Messages of Greeting. 

 Professor Fawsitt moved, and Professor Pollock seconded, 

 " That messages of greeting be sent to the British Association and to 

 the Australasian Antarctic Expedition." Carried. 



Additional Reports of Committees. 



Mr. Maiden reported that he had received reports from the 

 Eclipse, Magnetic, and Seismological Committees. These were too 

 late to be considered by the Recommendation Committee, but were 

 purely formal. The reports were adopted. 



Dr. A. W. D. Robertson submitted the following resolutions of 

 Section F : — 



(1) That, in view of the rapid decadence and disappearance of 



the Australian Aboriginals, it is urgent that, in the 

 interests of science, further records and collections 

 illustrative of the beliefs, customs, and manner of life of 

 the aboriginals should be made for public preservation, 

 more especially with reference to Queensland and Western 

 Australia. 



(2) It is recommended to the General Council to take such steps 



as may be deemed necessary to enforce the existing law 

 regarding the exportation of anthropological material, 

 and to prevent the indiscriminate exportation of anthro- 

 pological and ethnographical specimens from any part 

 of the Commonwealth. 

 The resolutions were adopted. 



