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much enhanced by the fact that contemporaneous observa- 

 tions were being taken by Captain Amundsen's party at 

 Framheim, and by Dr. Mawson's party at their main base 

 at Adelie Land as well as by Dr. Mawson's party under 

 Mr. Frank Wild at Termination Glacier, 1,300 miles west 

 of Dr. Mawson's head quarters, and also by Lieut. Filchner's 

 party near Coat's Land. 



In regard to biology it is also known that very important 

 specimens have been secured by Mr. Lillie and Mr. Cherry 

 Garrard, a specially fine collection being secured of that 

 rare form Cephalodiscus. 



Important oceanographic and hydrographic work has 

 been done on board the "Terra Nova" by Commander 

 Evans and Lieutenant H. Pennell as well as by Mr. B. W. 

 Nelson near Mount Erebus in McMurdo Sound. 



In reference to the scientific results of the Mawson 

 expedition it may be noted that Mr. C. T. Macligan (Rhodes 

 Scholar of Adelaide University) in a fine journey to the 

 east of Commonwealth Bay, discovered underneath a 

 capping of black columnar basalt rock — 600 feet thick — a 

 a large sandstone formation with bands of coaly shale with 

 obscure plant remains. There can be little doubt that this 

 is a continuation of the Beacon Sandstone of the South 

 Victoria Land region. This newly discovered land by the 

 assent of His Majesty has now received the name of King 

 George V. Land. Thus the Beacon Sandstone formation 

 has now been proved to extend over no less a distance 

 than upwards of 1,100 miles. It is not yet known for 

 certain whether the seams are of workable value, though 

 it is known that coal does occur in them of a workable 

 quality. This great formation therefore offers possibilities 

 of being perhaps one of the largest undeveloped coalfields 

 in the world. At the same time if one may judge of the 

 conditions of the coal formation in the Antarctic, from 



