XXIT. 



(&) •' That a sum of £50 be set aside for further investigation- 

 into the nature and origin of the alkahne rocks of Austra- 

 lasia." 

 There is a question about this grant. Is there any difficulty in a 

 Committee, where a grant is set aside, awarding part of the grant 

 to a member of the Committee? What is the practice of a research 

 Committee 1 



Mr. Maiden: They have to submit vouchers for expenses. No- 

 sum of money is to be used for personal expenses on any accoumt, 

 except a special vote is made for that pui-pose. 



Professor Skeats : That is very difficult in geological cases where 

 the work is field work, and exceptional circumstances met with. The 

 point is this : If the Committee is appointed, can it award part, or all, 

 of the fund to a member of its committee for expenses in connection 

 with investigation? Is there any difficulty in a member of the com- 

 mittee taking any money which is set aside for research purpose? 



Mr. Maiden: I imagine it is a matter for the committee to make 

 its own arrangements. 



Proposed by Professor Skertchlt, and seconded by Mr. Maiden^ 

 that the same be adopted. — Can-ied. 



Section E. 

 " That the South Australian Government be respectfully urged 

 to establish suitable seismographs at Port Darwin and Alice 

 Springs, in order to complete the system of seismic records 

 along the axis of disturbance in South Australia." 

 'Mr. Lucas : A few years ago, when Mr. Chamberlain was in 

 charge of the Colonial Office, the British Government appix)ached the 

 South Australian Government, and urged the establishment of a 

 seismograph at Port Darwin. Later on the British Association also 

 sent a recommendation to the South Australian Government to do the 

 same thing. They have established a seismogi'aph at Adelaide, which 

 I think is working. We should follow up the action of the British 

 Government and the British Association. It is a rather important 

 matter. 



Proposed by Mr. Lucas, and seconded by Mr. Knibbs, that the 

 same be adopted. — Carried. 



Section A. 



Solar Research, 

 (a) " That the Australasian Association for the Advancement of 

 Science records its unanimous support to the movement 

 for the establishment in Australia of an Observatory 

 devoted to the study of Solar Physics, which has been so 

 strongly advocated by the International Union for Co- 

 operation in Solar Research, by the Royal Society, and by 

 the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 and which is essential to the scheme of solar study insti- 

 tuted by the Interaational ITnion. The practical possi- 

 bilities, combined with the scientific value of solar re- 

 search, make the project a matter of national as well as 

 international importance." 



