XXIV 



PROCEEDINGS, AUGUST. 



expedition starting from Hobart or New Zealand if it was found more 

 advantageous to do so. In 1886 Victoria led the way in this matter, 



on tTe !>rCr an «' W "°& T ^ »*"»^. • deputation watt ng 

 on the J. remier ; afterwards New South Wales took the matter ud 



tMok LTt, 81011 VlCt0 " a agaiU t0 ° k first P ,ace ' and *° w™ glad to 

 think that Tasmania was again second. He thought that on fuch 1 



XTTe^s^ ' It° f wol Ia s te M ^ *£«* ™ '-thy* of rTeoilTctio" 

 t " , ne sai< ;' " would be a standing disgrace to Australia if »»,« 



?Bear?°hL a r, In "" eX P Iorati ™ of *^ feas tLt wash te" own coast- 

 Mr. Alfred J. Taylor said it seemed to him that if thev wish** «*, 

 make the history of the future, they could not do it in a better way than 



re^ivT g ,* he ex P edltlon now ™der consideration. He had 



received several communications from the Secretirv nf th„ R, i 

 Geographical Society of Australasia on the subject lod\e tiled Zl 

 in Hobart™ ''" 1 ^ be d ° M b ' the *v£*mZ> of a committee 



„*, Cu v ,f° N Allport «id that this was a question which would involve 

 considerable discussion, and he thought, in view of the other papers to be 

 read that evemng, that it would be as well if this subject w a P TdWned 

 for future discussion. While agreeing with the last speaker a, to th* 

 mXthTnlltrv I T^' ^ tota % disagreed wth P t he "ropos 1 to 

 rfthe7^, P f« y -r req T reda matterfor the Government. The object 

 gM^ ™, to deal with subjects of this sort, and he hoped 

 that they did not require to go hat in hand to the Government for the 



the contribution. Reference had been made to the Anf» T ™ 3 ° m m 

 place of great mystery, but aheady they bad been £^2£3 "5 

 at next meeting he promised to produced W^rtSoSSS^lf - 

 regions, not taken by the Eurebus and CL expedSfbut bv Z 

 officers of some French discovery ships. He had do doubt they would be 

 of interest to the members. (Applause.) y 



Mr T. D. Stephens seconded, and hoped the Council in the inlrnm 



Et ^" work * aml plaoe before the Societ y a P rac « cal ^ 



The motion was agreed to, and the discussion adjourned. 



entit I i;d^w ]V t 0ntS f 0mery ^ M - 1 A -' GOTe ™^t Geologist, read a Taper 

 entitled Notes of some Geological Observations on the West Coast." ' 



wiftplLu^tT M™ V^ he Wa " SUre that the members had likened 

 SgeolosLts t0 ^r. Montgomery's paper, which was very interesting t„ 



^ToTk^i^z^r-^ occasio ? a f °f the isiand > <£ 



attention especiallv tl,„ ' ?• lg neou s rocks had also excited his 



Queen River and Macquarie Harbour, and at the 14-mile Hut n! S 

 Magnet Range. This sandstone in both localities is clos% as oclateTwith 

 the serpentines, and the former is very rich in the remains nf k i • \ h 

 on account of which this sandstone was oxta&uTcSKv b ™ ch 7 1 °l ,od3 ' 

 SMrfoiu. There was also a very importa^Sntfri 7 1™ f racl }^odo s 

 Mr. Chas. Gould in the neighfcouriaZ of BtaSSS^AW^ ^ by 

 with important iron deposit that failed to £^22^~g* 



