COMMITTEES OF INVESTIGATION, x] vii 
No 5.—CoMMITTEE ON AUSTRALASIAN BIOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
On the recommendation of Section D (Biology), it was agreed that the 
following Committee, with power to add to its number one additional 
member for each colony, be appointed to draw up a list of works and 
papers relating to the Australian flora, to constitute Part I of a general 
Australian Biological Bibliography :—Mr. F. M. Bailey, F.L.S.; Mr. J. G. 
Luehmann, F.L.S.; Mr. J. H. Maiden, F.L.S.; Mr. Rodway; Professor 
Tate, F.G.S., F.L.S.; and Mr. J. J. Fletcher, M.A., B.Sc. (Linnean 
Society of N.S.W., Sydney), Secretary. 
Recommendations agreed to. 
SEISMOLOGICAL STATION. 
No. 1.—On the recommendation of Section A (Astronomy, Mathematics, 
and Physics), it was agreed that with a view to carrying out the work of 
observing seismological phenomena all over the world, so urgently recom- 
mended by the Seismological Committee of the British Association, the 
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science strongly urge 
upon the New Zealand Government the desirability of equipping the station 
named in the list of the International Seismological Committee with one of 
the instruments approved by them and by the Seismological Committee 
of the British Association. The station in question is Timaru, where a 
qualified observer, Mr. George Hogben, resides, willing to take charge of 
the instrument and to duly report results of observations taken, 
NIAGNETIC RECORDS. 
No. 2.—On the recommendation of Section A (Astronomy, Mathematics, 
and: Physics), it was agreed that in view of the importance attached to 
magnetic observations in the Southern Hemisphere, this Association regards 
the publication of the Victorian Continuous Records of magnetic elements 
as essential in the interests of magnetic science, and considers it very 
desirable that those records should be made available for the work under- 
taken by the Royal Society of London and the British Association, 
SEISMOLOGICAL RECORDS. 
No. 3.—On the recommendation of Section A (Astronomy, Mathematics, 
and Physics), it was agreed to set apart £25 to be used (if necessary and if 
the funds permit) towards the cost of setting up at Timaru, under the 
charge of Mr. George Hogben, one of the horizontal pendulums recom- 
mended by the Seismological Committee of the British Association and 
the International Seismological Committee. (Note.—The last vote, £10, 
granted to Mr. Hogben at the meeting of the Australasian Association for 
the Advancement of Science, in 1895, has not been used.) 
