282 Proceedings, <&G., for 1886. 



20. The contractor will have the right to employ his 

 ships in whaling or sealing, and in loading guano or other 

 cargo. 



21. Should the masters be unable to get right or sperm 

 whales to enable them to compete for the bonus offered under 

 the 12th proviso, they will nevertheless be entitled to the 

 bonus should they return with a cargo of any merchantable 

 commodity obtained within the Antarctic circle, and having 

 a value equivalent to that of 100 tons of whale oil. 



22. Both ships must be in Port Phillip Bay and ready to 

 start on the 15th of October. 



23. That in case of any difficulty arising in England 

 between the Agent-General and the contractor, it shall 

 be referred to the British Antarctic Committee for 

 decision. 



APPENDICES. 



No. 1. 



A MEMOEANDUM OF THE OBJECTS TO BE SEKYED 

 BY ANTAECTIC EESEAECH. 



1. An Antarctic Exploration Committee having been appointed 

 by the Eoyal Society of Victoria and the Geographical Society of 

 Australasia, its members desire to place before the public a brief 

 memorandum of the objects to be served by the enterprise. 



2. Nearly fifty years have elapsed since the last expedition was 

 despatched to the South Polar regions, and this Committee consider 

 that the time has arrived when another might be sent out with 

 advantage. Such a project was first mooted, some considerable time 

 since, by our colleague, Baron von Mueller, in his inaugural address 

 to the Geographical Society. The Antarctic is situated so near to 

 us, and it forms so considerable a region that, if its exploration will 

 serve any valuable purpose, the interest Australasia has in its 

 accomplishment ought to be greater than that of any other community. 

 Some of the learned societies of Great Britain and the- Continent 

 are now engaged in promoting such an enterprise. Under these 

 circumstances it behoves us to consider what the objects of 

 Antarctic research may be, so that, if the project be worthy of 

 support, we may assist in the undertaking. 



3. Geographical discovery has ever borne an extended Commerce 

 as its fruit, while simultaneously promoting various utilitarian 



