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systematic survey should be limited to Port Phillip as thus 

 defined, but that any results of scientific value which can be 

 obtained in other Victorian seas should be, as far as possible, 

 recorded. The work of compilation of existing books and papers 

 bearing on the living forms of Port Phillip, &c., was divided 

 amongst the Members of the Committee. 



II. That Port Phillip be divided into a number of littoral 

 and marine stations to be determined from the charts, and that 

 the stations be numbered, and the life-forms of each explored 

 under the direction of the Committee. 



III. That a base catalogue of the plants and animals found 

 living in Port PhilKp should be prepared, each species to have 

 apjDended to it the numbers of all the stations from which it is 

 recorded. 



rV. That an extended catalogue of the plants and animals 

 should also be prepared, and that under the heading of each species 

 all particulars observed concerning its life, history, associations, 

 and commercial value, be inserted. 



Y. That the specimens obtained should be submitted for 

 identification to competent scientists, in order to secure as far as 

 possible absolute accuracy in the published records. 



VI. That the Committee shall arrange, as opportunity arises, 

 for the investigation of such biological questions as may be 

 suggested by the material acquired. 



YIL That the Committee shall, from time to time, furnish the 

 Royal Society with reports of the results of their work. 



Your Committee decided to ask the Council for a grant of <£50, 

 in aid of their researches, and acknowledge with gratitude the 

 generous spirit in which their request was granted. 



Mr. A. H. S. Lucas was appointed Honorary Secretary and 

 Treasurer of the Committee. 



It was decided that, pro ttmiiore^ the specimens obtained should 

 be kept at the University, under the care of Professor Spencer and 

 the Hon. Secretary. 



A large order for spirit and for jars, bottles, and preservative 

 re-agents, was given to Messrs. Felton, Grimwade and Co., and 

 the Committee have to acknowledge the kindness of Mr. E. Bage, 

 a Member of the Council, in aiding them greatly in their selection. 



A first list of thirty-two stations was carefully drawn up by 

 the Committee, the outer ones in accordance with the extensive 

 previous experience of Mr. Bracebridge Wilson. 



Three dredging excursions have already been made to the inner 

 stations, viz., to Hobson's Bay, Laverton Bay, and Brighton, and 

 some shore work has also been done by the members. Arrange- 

 ments have been made for an early visit to Geelong, and the outer 

 stations of the Bay will receive attention during the summer 



