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Proceedings, b^c. 



and no more. And eacli of the said persons hereby lastly agrees, on 

 failure on his part fully to perform this agreement, that his salary 

 shall be forfeited, and that he shall abide all consequences, the power 

 of discharge resting with the Leader, and the power of dismissal 

 and forfeiture of salary resting on the recommendation of the Leader 

 with the said David Elliott Wilkie, acting with the consent of the 

 said Committee ; in witness whereof the said parties have hereunto 

 set their hands the day and year above written. 



Name. 



2\.^ rue rate 

 per aiiuum of 



Special Duties. 



1 George James Landells. 



... £600 ... 



Charge of Camels. 



2 William John Wills 



... £300 ... 



As Surveyor and Astronomi- 

 cal Observe!-. 



3 Dr. Herman Beckler . 



.. £300 ... 



Medical Officer and Botanist. 



4 Ludwig Becker 



.. £300 ... 



As Artist, Naturalist, and 

 Geologist, 



5 Charles D. Ferguson , 



... £200 ... 



Foreman. 



6 Thos. F. McDonough 



... £120 ... 



Assistant, 



7 William Patten ^ 



... £120 ... 



Do. 



8 Patrick Langan ' 



... £120 ... 



Do, 



9 Owen Co wen 



... £120 ... 



Do. 



10 William Brahe 



... £120 ... 



, Do. 



11 Eobert Fletcher 



... £120 ... 



, Do, 



12 John King 



... £120 .. 



Do, 



13 Henry Creber 



... £120 ... 



Do. 



14 John Drakeford 



... £120 .., 



. Do. 



15 



... £120 ... 



. Do, 



Signed by all the above in the presence of 

 Egbert Dickson, 



John Macadam, M.D., Hon. Sec, 

 .Exploration Committee, Royal Society of Victoria. 



Sir William F. Stawell, as Chairman of the Committee, briefly 

 addressed the men on the importance of the enterprise in which they 

 had embarked. 



Dr. Fades, as Vice-President of the Society and Mayor of Mel- 

 bourne, bid the party God speed, and after a short .sjjeech, passed 

 round the party, shaking each man heartily by the hand and wishing 

 him a prosperous journey. 



The Society then separated. 



Ordinary Meeting of the Royal Society of Victoria. 

 Monday, llthAitgust, 1860. 

 His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, K.C.B., &c., President, iu the chair. 

 The minutes of the last ordinary meeting, held on the 6th August, 



