690 REPORT—1885. 
Report of the Committee, consisting of General Sir J. H. Lerroy, 
Lieut.-Colonel GopwiN-AUsTEN, Mr. W. T. BLANnrorp, Mr. 
ScLaTER, Mr. CarruTHEers, Mr. THISELTON-DyeER, Professor 
StruTHERS, Mr. G. W. Bioxam, Mr. H. W. Bates (Secretary), 
Lord ALFRED CHURCHILL, Mr. F. GALTON, and Professor MOSsELEY, 
appointed for the purpose of furthering the Exploration of New 
Guinea, by making a grant to Mr. Forbes for the purposes of his 
expedition. 
THE Committee beg leave to report that the grant of 2001. voted by 
the Association towards the expenses of Mr. H. O. Forbes’ expedition was 
paid to Mr. Forbes on January 9 last, and that he sailed from England 
early in April. In a letter from Batavia, dated June 30, Mr. Forbes says 
that he arrived at that port on May 8, and that his time in the interval 
had been occupied in a journey to Amboyna and back, made for the 
purpose of securing the services of four hunters, whose abilities and 
fidelity had been tested on his former journeys in various islands of the 
Archipelago. The four hunters had been engaged, as also twenty native 
carriers, a number which it would be necessary to increase to twenty-five. 
He had arranged to leave Batavia in the steamer for Thursday Island, 
Torres Straits, about July 15, and hoped to reach that station on the 
20th of the same month. At Thursday Island he would be joined by his 
assistant, Mr. Thiele, and would then decide whether he would make the 
southern coast of New Guinea, near Port Moresby, his starting point into 
the interior, or Dyke-Acland Bay on the north-eastern coast. 
Report of the Committee, consisting of General Sir J. H. Lerroy, 
the Rev. Canon Carver, Mr. F. Gatron, Mr. P. L. Scuater, 
Professor MosreLry, Dr. E. B. TyLor, Professor Boyp Dawkins, 
Mr. G. W. BLoxam, and Mr. H. W. Bares (Secretary), appointed 
for the purpose of furthering the scientific examination of the 
country in the vicinity of Mount Roraima in Guiana, by making 
a grant to Mr. Everard F.im Thurn for the purposes of his 
expedition. 
THE Committee beg leave to report that the sum of 1001. granted by 
the Association has been paid to Mr. Everard im Thurn, whose report, 
together with the map of the neighbourhood of the mountain from the 
surveys of Mr. H. J. Perkins, a member of Mr. im Thurn’s expedition, 
was published in the number for August, 1885, of the ‘ Proceedings of 
the Royal Geographical Society,’ who had contributed 200]. towards the 
cost of the expedition. 
