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on Auckland and Campbell Islands; Professor Scott's 

 paper on Macquarie Island; Mr. Morton's (Secretary, 

 Eoyal Society, Tasmania), 14tli September, 1886 ; Mr. 

 Clement L. Wragge's (Adelaide), of 6th September, 1886, 

 offering services ; the Secretaries of Royal Society of New 

 South Wales and Linnasan Society of New South Wales, 

 6th August and 22nd July, 1886; Mr. J. S. Robertson's 

 (Hobart), of 16th July, 1886; Mr. John Sangster's (London), 

 26th August and 16th September, 1886, to Agent-General, 

 offering advice; Messrs. Thos. Bland and Sons (London), to 

 Agent-General, offering new whaling gun ; sundry letters 

 from the Premier's and Agent- General's offices, &;c. 



Your Committee enumerated in its memorandum of 28th 

 June some general advantages of Antarctic Exploration. 

 But in reviewing the position it feels strongly the great 

 advantages to be secured by losing no time in prosecuting 

 researches in the South Polar Seas. The proximity of 

 Australian ports gives these colonies a great facility for 

 securing a share in the lucrative Antarctic whaling and 

 sealing trade. To neglect these fisheries any longer would 

 be not only to forego handsome commercial profits, but to 

 abandon also our national maritime interest in these southern 

 seas, and all the great advantages in relation to the Ant- 

 arctic regions of our unique geographical position. 



CRAWFORD PASCO, R.N., President, 

 and F.R.G.S., M.R.G.S.A. 



T. F. BRIDE, LL.D., F.R.G.S., M.R.G.S.A. 



J. G. DUFFY, M.R.G.S.A. 



R. L. J. ELLERY, F.R.S., M.R.S. of V. 



G. S. GRIFFITHS, F.G.S., M.R.S. of V. 



W. C. KERNOT, M.A, C.E., President of 



R.S. of V. 

 A. C. MACDONALD, F.R.G.S., M.R.G.S.A, 



and M.R.S. of V. 



FERD. VON MUELLER, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., 

 M.R.S. of v., and R.G.S.A. 



H. K. RUSDEN, Hon. Sec, R.S. of V. 



G. W. SELBY, Hon. Sec, R.S. of Y. 



J. J. WILD, Ph.D., F.R.G.S, M.R.S. of Y. 



