Queensland — Messrs. Roe and Shirley, Professor Steele. 

 West Australia— Sir Winthrop Hackett, Mr. A. Gibb Mait- 



land. 

 Tasmania — Colonel Legge. 



New Zealand — Professors Benham and Marshall. 

 The committee to work by sub-committees." 



The object of Nos. 1 and 2 is to prevent any misunderstanding 

 arising later as to who is to be the directing head of this expedition. 

 There is doubt in some minds and in the press as to how far Sir 

 Ernest Shackelton has declared himself to withdraw from the 

 heading of the expedition. We desire it to be an Australian 

 expedition under Dr. Mawson's leadership, and we made that 

 condition in order to make it quite sure that there should be no 

 misunderstanding in future. (Reading from " That Sir Ernest 

 Shackelton " down to "for this purpose.") 



In some previous expeditions misunderstanding arose as to 

 who was the head. We desire at the outset that there should be 

 none. The next recommendation of the committee is — reading 

 from " That the details of the scientific work " down to " Common- 

 wealth Government." There are three points there. The first is 

 most important. We ask that our Association shall so far direct 

 the whole policy of this expedition, that it shall, through a special 

 committee appointed at the outset, arrange the details of the 

 scientific work, and also to appoint the members of the expedition. 

 But there are two provisos. First, that it shall be reserved to the 

 head of the expedition, Dr. Mawson, to stamp with his final 

 approval or disapproval the recommendations of that committee. 

 That is necessary, because you cannot ask a man to go to the 

 Antarctic as the head of an expedition, taking under his charge 

 his own life and the lives of the expedition, if he is to have forced 

 upon him companions whom he does not find he could like or 

 trust. Therefore it is necessary that he shall have the final say. 

 (Hear, hear.) In the next place another condition is attached — 

 " That this supreme control by that committee and the head of 

 the expedition should be subject to some modification if the 

 Commonwealth Government desire it." We hope that they will 

 give a large sum of money towards the cost, and they naturally 

 wish to have a voice in the working of the expedition. The next 

 condition and the last is — and I would like to say that this con- 

 dition was suggested by Dr. Mawson himself — " That the sum sub- 

 scribed be spent on scientific instruments which shall become the 

 property of the Association after the conclusion of the expedition." 

 (Loud applause.) That is the report of the special committee 

 which has been referred to the Recommendation Committee and 

 is now open for discussion. 



Mr. Hamilton : May I ask the reason for " voted " being used 

 instead of " paid " ? 



The President : "Paid" will be much more satisfactory. 



