PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. 9 
well filled by members wishing to do honour to him and to 
his brave companions. The forced detention of Dr. Mawson 
and some other members of the expedition in Antarctica 
for a longer period than was intended, should be the means 
of adding considerably to the magnitude of the scientific 
results obtained by the expedition generally, so that the 
delay may be advantageous after all. We are anxiously 
waiting for the further statement of these scientific results, 
and Dr. Mawson proposes making an announcement during 
the visit of the British Association in August next. Some 
of the general scientific results from the expedition were 
recorded and explained by Mr. Cambage in his Presidential | 
Address of last year, and these indicate the extent of the 
observations and the efforts of the members to carry out 
successfully the duties allotted to them. How much Aus- 
tralia is likely to be advantaged by the results of the 
expedition will be seen later, for it must necessarily be 
some time, perhaps years, before all the scientific data 
can be systematically arranged. We must wait, therefore, 
for the publication of the promised volumes to see in what 
directions these data help towards a general scientific 
advance. That progress will be considerable in certain 
directions cannot be doubted, and the results of the labours 
of the members of this expedition will show that Australia 
is not behind in the effort to advance the scientific know- 
ledge of the world, nor in the ability necessary to carry it 
out to a successful issue. 
Symon’s Meteorological Magazine for July, 1913, speaks 
eulogistically about the inclusion of the Antarctic regions 
within the system of daily reports, and congratulates Dr. 
Mawson on the realisation of what was but recently a 
fantastic dream. | 
Another matter for congratulation in connection with 
the progress of Antarctic Research is the approaching issue 
