APPENDIX. lxxvii. 



29th August, 1821. 

 At Mr. Bowman's. 



Present, 

 Mr. Bowman, 

 Dr. Douglass, 

 Mr. Field, 

 Major Goulburn, 

 Oapt. Irvine, 

 Mr. Oxley, 

 Mr. Wollstonecraft. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The language of the Inscription was finally settled as 

 follows: — 



A.D. MDOOLXX. 



Under the auspices of British Science, 



These Shores were discovered 



by 



James Cook and Joseph Banks, 



The Columbus and Maecenas of their time. 



This Spot once saw them, ardent in the pursuit of Knowledge 



Now 



To their Memory this Tablet is inscribed, 



In the first year 



of 



The Philosophical Society of Australasia. 



, President. 

 A.D. MDCCCXXI. 



Resolved, That no notice of a Motion be recorded in the 

 Minutes of the Society. 



Mr. Bowman reported the Museum-room to be now ready 

 for the reception of contributions. 



Mr. Wollstonecraft informed the Society that Capt. Raine 

 of the Ship Surry was about to sail for Macquarie Island, 



