LVII. 



Gibb :\Iaitland, B. Dunstan, E. C. Ball, Dr. G. B. Pritchard, Pro- 

 fessor T. W. E. David, Dr. W. G. Woolnough, and Mr. W. S. Dun, 

 Secretary." 



" That a committee be appointed for recording Structural 

 Features in Australasia, the committee to consist of Professor E. 

 W. Skeats, Professor P. Marshall, Messrs. E. F. Pittman, W. H. 

 Twelvetrees, W. Howchin, H. Y. L. Brown, A. Gibb Maitland, 

 K. Ward, B. Dunstan, R. Speight, Dr. T. S. Hall, Dr. W. G. Wool- 

 nough, Professor T. W. E. David, Secretary. 



" That a committee be appointed to investigate and report on 

 the Glacial Phenomena in Australasia, to consist of Professor E. W. 

 Skeats, Professor P. Marshall, Dr. W. G. Woolnough, Messrs. A. 

 Gibb Maitland, B. Dunstan, G. West, W. Howchin, R. Speight, 

 Professor T. W. Edgeworth David, Secretary." 



" That a committee be appointed to investigate questions of 

 Quaternary Climate in Australasia, to consist of Dr. H. L Jensen, 

 Messrs. C. A. Sussmilch, E. C. Andrews, R. Speight, Secretary." 



" That the committee for the investigation of the Alkaline 

 Rocks of Australasia be re-appointed, the committee to consist of 

 Professors E. W. Skeats, T. W. Edgeworth David, P. Marshall, 

 Messrs. W. H. Twelvetrees, R. A. Wearne, Dr. H. I. Jensen, Sec- 

 retary." 



" That a grant of £50 towards the expenses of the conduct of 

 the investigation be made." 



" That the Association cause a communication to be made to 

 the Prime Minister of the Dominion of New Zealand, and place 

 before him the desirability of proceeding with the work of describing 

 and pubhshing the results of the examination of the collection of 

 fossils made by the officers of the geological survey of New Zealand, 

 and deposited in the Dominion Museum, Wellington." 



SECTION D. 



New Zealand and Islands — " That in the opinion of the 

 Australian Association, the investigation of the continental shelf 

 around New Zealand and the islands to the south of New Zealand 

 is a work of pressing necessity, both of scientific and of economic 

 reasons ; and the Association, while recognising the value of the 

 work already done in this direction, would urge upon the New 

 Zealand Government the desirability of taking advantage of the 

 facilities offered by the stay of the Antarctic exploring ship Terra 

 Nova in New Zealand to complete the survey of the surrounding 

 seas by sounding and dredging as far as possible." 



"The report of the committee for the Biological and Hydro- 

 graphical Study of the New Zealand coast was approved, and the 



