lxiv Reports of Committees. 



These Committees are at present pursuing their labors, and the 

 Reports are to be prepared by the 22nd January. 

 I am, Gentlemen, 



Yours faithfully, 



(For Dr. F. MUELLER, Chairman of the Committee,) 

 M. H. IRVING, Secretary. 



REPORT ON THE "RESOURCES OF THE COLONY OF 

 VICTORIA," PREPARED BY A COMMITTEE OF THE 

 PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF VICTORIA (THE 

 ROYAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA.) 



Brought up by the Chairman of the Committee, viz., Dr. Ferdinand 

 Mueller, at an Ordinary Meeting of the Royal Society of 

 Victoria, held on Monday, the 23rd April, 1860. Adopted 

 and ordered to be inserted in tlie Appendix to " Transactions 

 of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria for 1859." 



(See Appendix). 



FOURTH REPORT OF THE "EXPLORATION" COM- 

 MITTEE OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF 

 VICTORIA. 



JDraivn up by Drs. WilHe, Mueller, and Macadam ; adopted by the 

 Exploration Committee ; read by the Hon. David E. Wilkie, 

 M.D., M L.C., Honorary Treasurer and Chairman to tlie 

 Committee, at a Special General Meeting of the Society held 

 on the 9th January, 1860; then received and ordered to be 

 printed. 



Mr. President and Gentlemen, — At this, the close of the present 

 session of the Institute, the Exploration Committee feels it to be 

 its duty to lay before you its report of its past labors and progress. 



Hitherto its efforts have been mainly directed to financial con- 

 siderations. 



It will be recollected that, in September of 1858, the munificent 

 offer of £1,000 was made by an unknown friend of exploration, on 



