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placed at the disposal of the Committee has been expended in paying 
his salary and in making certain preliminary payments. He sailed 
with Major Barrett-Hamilton on October 6, 1913, and work was com- 
menced at South Georgia immediately after their arrival on 
November 10. 
Early in the new year news was received that Major Barrett- 
Hamilton had died suddenly at South Georgia on January 17, while 
his inquiries were in full progress. ‘This unlooked-for event, which 
the Committee record with profound sorrow, naturally altered the 
entire prospects of the expedition. Mr. Stammwitz had no alternative 
but to return at once, and after making arrangements for the despatch 
of the specimens which had been collected, he took the first opportunity 
of leaving South Georgia, bringing with him the notebooks containing 
Major Barrett-Hamilton’s observations. At the request of the 
Colonial Office, and with the approval of the Trustees of the British 
Museum, these notebooks have been placed in the hands of Mr. Martin 
A. C. Hinton for examination. It is hoped that the results of the 
work which Major Barrett-Hamilton had done before his death will 
thus not be entirely lost. The collections brought home comprise a 
very valuable series of specimens—in particular, flippers, complete sets 
of baleen, and other anatomical material from the blue whale, the 
common rorqual, and the humpback whale. These specimens have 
been presented to the Natural History Museum by Messrs. Chr. 
Salvesen & Co., at whose whaling station they were obtained, and they 
should be of service in helping to decide the much-debated question 
whether these Antarctic whales are specifically identical with their 
northern representatives. 
A few birds were obtained at South Trinidad on the outward journey, 
and a certain amount of dredging and shore-collecting was done at 
South Georgia. The collection made includes marine invertebrates and 
fishes, bird-skins, plants, and a few insects and rock-specimens. These 
have been handed over to the Natural History Museum, where arrange- 
ments are being made to have them determined, and if necessary reported 
on, by specialists. 
At the request of the Meteorological Office, Mr. Stammwitz took a 
series of observations on sea-temperatures and ice-drift while at South 
Georgia, and these are now being utilised by the Office. 
The Committee wish to record their appreciation of the value of the 
assistance which was given to the expedition by Mr. J. Innes Wilson, 
Stipendiary Magistrate of South Georgia, Messrs. Chr. Salvesen & Co., 
and Mr. Henriksen, the manager of their Leith Harbour Whaling 
Station, Messrs. Bryde & Dahl, the Ténsberg Whaling Company, and 
other individuals and whaling companies connected with South Georgia. 
The amount actually expended is less by 151. than the total (90I.) 
allotted to the Committee, and it is not proposed to apply for this 
balance. 
