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5. Town Sanitation. 
6. The Seismological Phenomena of Australasia, 
(£10 granted in aid of this research). 
7. A Bibliography of the Australasian and Poly- 
nesian Races. 
8. The Question of Antarctic Exploration. 
9. The State and Progress of Chemical Science in 
Australia, with special reference to Gold and Silver 
Saving Appliances. 
10. The Question of Rust in Wheat. 
11. The Location and Laying-out of Towns. 
12. The Improvement of Museums as a means of 
Popular Education. 
13. The Fertilization of the Fig in the Australasian 
Colonies. 
14. The Unification of Colors and Signs of Geolog- 
ical Maps. 
15. The Tides of Australia (The Tides of the coast 
of South Australia). 
16. Polynesian Bibliography, with special reference 
to Philology. 
17. The Protection of Native Animals. 
18. Glacial Action in Australasia during Tertiary 
and Post-tertiary Eras. 
19. The Photographing of Geological Surveys. 
20. The best means of encouraging Psychophysical 
and Psychometrical Investigation in Australia. 
It has also granted the sum of £25 to- 
wards the ascertainment of movements of 
New Zealand glaciers, and £10 towards the 
cost of the erection at Timaru of the seis- 
mological instruments, presented by Dr. 
Von Rebeur-Paschwitz. It has secured (1) 
from the New Zealand Government the res- 
ervation of the Little Barrier Island, and 
Resolution Island, Dusky Sound, as suitable 
localities for the preservation of native 
flora and fauna. (2) In response to a 
recommendation from the 1891 session, it 
was agreed by the Lords of the Admiralty, 
that the sea between New Zealand, and the 
islands to the northwest of New Zealand, on 
the one hand, and Australia and Tasmania, 
on the other, be known as the Tasman Sea, 
and that the name is to be entered on the 
Admiralty charts. (8) Further, through 
the instrumentality of the Association, the 
New Zealand Government has set apart 
Stephen’s Island, Cook Strait, as a reserve 
for the Tuatara Lizard, and (4) Corre- 
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spondence has been received from the Gov-- 
ernments of Tasmania, New South Wales, 
New Zealand and Victoria, in which sym- 
pathetic acknowledgment is expressed to- 
wards the wishes of the Association in 
regard to resolutions, passed at its last Ses- 
sion (in Brisbane), viz., to bring before the 
Australasian Governments that it is desi- 
rable : 
a. That a system of compulsory notice of infec- 
tious diseases be introduced. 
b. That a system of federal quarantine be intro- 
duced. 
e. That stock, the milk or flesh of which is in- 
tended for consumption, be examined by duly quali- 
fied men, and slaughtered, if found tuberculous or 
cancerous. 
At the last session (Brisbane, 1895) a 
number of research committees were ap- 
pointed, some of which will report during 
the present session. Chief among these 
may be mentioned : 
1. For the investigation of Glacial Deposits. 
appointed. ) 
2. The Seismological Committee, to investigate 
earthquake phenomena in Australasia. (Reappoint- 
ed. ) 
3. To consider and report upon the Thermo-dynam- 
ics of the Voltaic Cell. 
4. The geology, land flora, land fauna, and natural 
resources of the islands and islets of the Great Barrier 
Reef. 
5. The habits of the teredo, and the best means of 
preserving timber or structures subject to the action 
of tidal waters. 
6. The Committee to give effect to the suggestions 
contained in Sir Samuel Griffith’s paper entitled ‘ A 
Plea for the Study of the Unconscious Vital Processes 
in the Life of a Community.’ 
(Re- 
AUSTRALIAN BENEFACTIONS TO SCIENCE. 
In connection with the efforts made’ for 
the advancement of science in Australia we 
should not overlook the recent generous 
gift made by Mr. P. N. Russell of £50,000 
for the support of our Engineering School, 
for instruction in pure and applied science. 
This is, perhaps, one of the best ways of 
supporting the objects of this Association, 
i. €., by providing a scientific training for 
