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knowledge which has been obtained, by the experience of 

 many ages, in every branch of agriculture, commerce and 

 the useful arts; but in order to render that stock of inform- 

 ation effective, we should be well acquainted with the 

 present physical state of the country, its capabilities and 

 resources; and here we are compelled to admit we are 

 lamentably deficient. Yet we are of opinion that our 

 ignorance arises in a great measure from the want of some 

 nucleus, which might gather round it the many valuable 

 facts, that are floating about, and which, if collected and 

 embodied in a proper shape, might be offered with advant- 

 age to the public. Existing circumstances call loudly for 

 such a point of attraction: the spirit of enterprize is 

 increasing and the tide of emigration is flowing rapidly 

 towards tins colony. To direct this spirit and assist this 

 tide, would, we conceive, be performing a public service* 

 which cannot be effected by individual exertion. 



It is therefore proposed to form a Society, for the purpose 

 of collecting information with respect to the natural state, 

 capabilities, productions, and resources of Australasia and 1 

 the adjacent regions, and for the purpose of publishing, 

 from time to time, such information as may be likely to 

 benefit the world at large. 



The undersigned individuals therefore subscribe their 

 names as original Members of a Society, to be called the 

 philosophical society op Australasia, and agree upon 

 the following Regulations thereof. 



I. It shall be imperative upon each Member, in the 

 following rotation of lot, to produce a monthly paper, upon 

 some subject connected with the objects of the Society* 

 under penalty of Ten pounds. 



Dr. Douglass, 

 Mr. Wollstonecraft, 

 Major Goulburn, 

 Oapt. Irvine, 



