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OF THE AUSTRALIAN MEETING. “1l 
In the afternoon the Hon. the Premier of Queensland gave a garden 
party in the University grounds. In the evening, at 8 p.m., Dr. A. C. 
Haddon delivered a Citizens’ Lecture, in the Exhibition Hall, on 
‘ Decorative Art in Papua,’ the Mayor of Brisbane presiding. 
At 8.30 p.m., in the Centennial Hall, Sir Edward Schafer, F.R.S., 
ex-President, delivered a concluding discourse on ‘ Australia and the 
British Association.’ In the course of his lecture, which was of a 
valedictory character, he drew a comparison between the inhospitable 
conditions encountered by James Cook when he led the first scientific 
expedition on board the Endeavour from Great Britain to the shores of 
Australia, and the conditions of high civilisation and the warm welcome 
which the visiting Members of the British Association found. He 
briefly traced the history of the Association, and showed how the 
advancement of science, which is its object, had rendered the visit 
to Australia possible. He dealt with the need for encouraging scientific 
research, with especial regard to the possibilities of the future in 
Australia. The President took the chair, and the Lieutenant-Governor 
of Queensland (Sir Arthur Morgan) and Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., pro- 
posed and seconded a vote of thanks to the lecturer. Both the Presi- 
dent and Sir Oliver Lodge took occasion to express the deep gratitude 
felt by every visiting Member for the magnificent reception accorded 
to the party throughout Australia, and for the unremitting labour by 
which the many residents in Australia who had been concerned in the 
organisation of the Meeting had ensured its success; in this connection 
the speakers paid an especial tribute to the work of the General 
Organising Secretary, Dr. A. C. D. Rivett, and Mrs. Rivett. 
Letter to the Australian Press.—On the conclusion of the Meeting 
the following letter was addressed to the Press in Perth, Adelaide, 
Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane :— 
Mo the BiGditor Older yes saseeeececes 
Sir,—The meetings of the British Association for the Advancement 
of Science in Australia, at the five capital cities of Perth, Adelaide, 
Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane, have been brought to a close, and 
we desire, before leaving the country, to make public expression of our 
gratitude to the people of the Commonwealth, on behalf, as we feel 
confident that we may, of the whole party of some three hundred 
members who have made the journey from overseas. 
From the moment when the invitation to hold our meetings here 
was extended to the general committee of the Association at the 
Sheffield meeting in 1910, by Sir George Reid, on behalf of the 
Commonwealth Government and Professor Orme Masson, Chairman of 
the Federal Council, we have met with nothing but goodwill and 
earnest collaboration from all the authorities which have been concerned 
in the arrangements made for our visit and meetings. The Common- 
wealth Government placed a large sum at the disposal of our Council 
as a contribution towards the expenses incurred by upwards of 
150 of our members in making the voyage. The Governments of the 
