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meetings, the Christchurch meeting should excel its predecessors 

 in real work, although it is feared by some that the actual number 

 of members may perchance be smaller, personally I am inclined 

 to think that the meeting will eclipse the former meetings, if not 

 in numbers, certainly in its final results. 



Committees were appointed at the Sydney meeting to inquire 

 into certain matters, and reports were received and ordered to be 

 printed upon the following subjects : — 1. A Census of the Minerals 

 of Australasia, this paper contains much valuable information and 

 will be found to be useful by all who are interested in Mineralogy. 

 2. Upon the Sanitation of towns. 3. # Upon Australasian and 

 Polynesian Bibliography. 4. Upon Gold and Silver Saving 

 Appliances. 



The following additional Committees were appointed at the 

 Melbourne meeting, and it is expected that most of them will be 

 in a position to present reports at the Christchurch Session : — 1. 

 To inquire into and report upon the occurrence of Rust in Wheat. 

 2. Upon the Location and laying out of Towns. 3. Upon the Im- 

 provement of Museums as a means of Popular Education. 4. 

 Upon the fertilization of the Fig in Australasia. 5. The Unifica- 

 tion of Signs and Colours in Geological Maps. 6. Upon the present 

 state of knowledge of Australasian Palaeontology. 7. Upon the 

 Tides of Australasia. 8. To formulate a scheme whereby the 

 assistance of the Government of the various Colonies may be 

 enlisted in procuring material for special investigations. 



The New Zealand Committee has decided to send invitations 

 to prominent men of Science in England and elsewhere, so that 

 we may expect to have a few visitors present at our next meeting. 



Sir Henry Poscoe in 1887, the then President, and many other 

 prominent members of the British Association spoke to me about 

 the proposed visit of the B.A. to Sydney in 1887, and expressed 

 their regret that the invitation of this Colony was afterwards 

 withdrawn, for a very large number of the members, including 

 many of the most eminent men of science in the United Kingdom, 

 expressed their intention of attending the Australian meeting. 



