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of Mount Kosciusko, 7,328 feet above sea level, also a sea level 

 station on its south-east coast adjacent, at Merimbula where 

 simultaneous observations are taken. The hours are midnight, 

 4 a.m. and 8 a.m., noon, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., also half-hourly from 

 8-30 a.m. to 11-30 a.m. inclusive. Simultaneous readings are 

 also taken at a new station in Sydney, at Sale in Victoria, and 

 at Hobart and on Mount Wellington, Tasmania. 



Antarctic Research. — Attention is being again directed to this 

 important matter. During the Jubilee proceedings in 1897 the 

 Royal Geographical Society arranged for a conference of Colonial 

 Premiers and others, with a view to ultimately obtaining Austra- 

 lian co-operation, and the Society has further appealed to Lord 

 Salisbury to assist in carrying out the object. A special meeting 

 of the Royal Society to discuss the question was held on February 

 24th last, presided over by Sir John Evans in the absence of Lord 

 Lister through illness. The proceedings began with an able 

 address by Dr. John Murray, explaining the extent of our present 

 knowledge and the scientific results to be looked for by renewed 

 exploration, and he was followed by the Duke of Argyll, Sir 

 Joseph Hooker, Dr. Nansen, Dr. Neumayer, Sir Clements Mark- 

 ham, Dr. Alexander Buchan, Sir Archibald Geikie, Mr. Sclater, 

 Professor W. D'Arcy Thompson, Admiral Sir William Wharton 

 and the Chairman. To us in Australia this matter is of special 

 interest, and it is to be hoped that the Australian Governments 

 will give their assistance, not only moral but pecuniary, to the 

 movement. 



Technical College, Ultimo. — Dr. Morris, Superintendent of 

 Technical Education, has furnished me with the following par- 

 ticulars. A new branch has been established at Broken Hill, for 

 the purpose of teaching chemistry, geology, mineralogy and 

 assaying. The Technical College has lost the valued services 

 of Mr. W. A. Dixon, who has resigned. A rearrangement of 

 subjects has been introduced, which, it is anticipated, will prove 

 highly beneficial. The Rev. J. Milne Curran directs instruction 

 in chemistry, geology, mineralogy, metallurgy and assaying, and a 



