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The Chairman announced that the Journal and Proceedings for 

 il889, Vol. xxiii., had been received from the binder and would 

 be distributed in the course of a few days to all the members 



■ entitled to it. 



A letter was read from the Antarctic Committee Melbourne, 

 inviting the co-operation of the Royal Society of New South Wales 

 in the carrying out of the proposed Swedish-Australian Expedition 

 to the Antarctic Regions, and stating that Barons Nordenskiold 

 . and Oscar Dickson had promised to defray half the cost of the 

 expedition, providing an equal amount (<£5,000) were raised in 

 the Colonies. 



Mr. J. F. Mann — I may say that similar communications have 

 been received by the Geographical Society of New South Wales. 

 The Royal Society and the Geographical Society in Melbourne, I 

 am informed are working hand in hand to carry out the objects 

 of these communications. Several Melbourne people have already 

 promised large sums. The idea is that the Royal Societies and 



■ Geographical Societies of the different Colonies shall work together 

 with the object of carrying out this proposal. We of the Geo- 

 graphical Society have been asked to communicate with the Royal 

 Society on the matter. 



The President — It will be our duty to do the best we can to 

 promote the object in view. The matter will doubtless receive 

 full consideration by the Council. 



Annual Conversazione. 



The President — I have a communication to make with regard 

 to the Conversazione. It was intended to hold it at the University 

 in September next. The Hall, however, being required from the 

 15th to the 27th September for examinations the date for holding 

 the Conversazione has been altered to Wednesday, December 10. 



Mr. G. H. Knibbs, l.s., read a paper on " The Theory of Repe- 

 tition Measures of Angles with Theodolites. 



Remarks were made by Messrs J. P. Mann, D. M. Maitland 

 and the Chairman. 



In the absence of the author, the Hon. Secretary (Mr. Kyngdon) 

 read a continuation of a paper by Baron Ferd. von Mueller, 

 k.c.m.g., m. and Ph.D., f.r.s., <fec, " Record of hitherto undescribed 

 plants from Arnheim's Land. 



The author had named one of the plants after Dr. Leibius and 

 had informed the President by letter, of his intention to name 

 some further plants after Mr. H. C. Russell and Prof. Liversidge. 



In the absence of the author the Hon. Secretary (Mr. Kyngdon) 

 read a paper by Mr. W. T. Wyndham on " The Australian 

 Aborigines : varieties of food and methods of obtaining it." Some 



