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still continues to do everything within his power for Australian 

 Botany. He has also assisted us in other ways; amongst the first 

 collections received by the Sydney Technological Museum was 

 a large series of economic botany specimens presented by Sir 

 William from the duplicates at the Kew Museum, unfortunately 

 these were destroyed in the Garden Palace fire, but happily he 

 was able to send out other specimens to replace most of those 

 which were burnt. Sir William has gathered together at Kew 

 Gardens, after many years labour, a library of Australian scientific 

 journals and works, probably the most complete Public Library of 

 the kind in existence. He has been elected an Honorary Member 

 on account of his eminent services to the cause of science, and 

 especially in recognition of the valuable results of his labours for 

 the advancement of economic botanical science throughout the 

 British Empire. 



The Clarke Memorial Medal. — The Clarke Memorial Medal has 

 been awarded for the year 1900 to Sir John Murray, k.c b., f.r.s., 



D.Sc, LL.D , Ph.D. 



Sir John Murray is a Canadian by birth and was one of the 

 Naturalists on board H.M.S, Challenger exploring expedition 

 (1874-1877), he took a leading part in the investigation made by 

 that expedition along the coast of New South Wales and other 

 parts of Australia, and was also on other marine scientific expedi- 

 tions. He was editor of the Reports of the Scientific Results 

 of the Challenger Expedition, contained in fifty large quarto 

 volumes, and is the author of numerous Reports and Monographs 

 on Geography, Biology, etc. He was made a Knight Commander 

 of the Bath in 1898, he is also a Knight of the Prussian Order of 

 Merit and is the recipient of many English and Foreign medals 

 awarded to him in acknowledgement of his services to science. 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. — In an address 

 to the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 

 given in 1898, I drew attention to the work of the conference 

 held in London by representatives of various countries, who had 

 been appointed by their respective Governments for the purpose 



