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Table No. 3. 





A. 



B. 



C. 



D. 



Total. 



AA. 



BB. 



CC. 



DD. 



Total. 



Stellar Types. 

























3 



6 



17 



3 



(29) 



6 



23 



25 





(60) 



„ II and III .... 



17 



15 



8 



7 



(47) 



12 



3 



14 



5 



(34) 



„ IV and Y 



15 



10 



13 



16 



(54) 



12 



12 



17 



11 



(52) 





35 



31 



38 



26 



(130) 



30 



38 



56 



22 



(146) 



Table No. 4. 



Stellar Types. 



A and 

 AA. 



B and 

 BB. 



C and 

 CC. 



D and 

 DD. 



Total. 



(89) . 

 (81) 

 (106) 



9 

 29 

 27 



29 

 18 

 22 



42 

 22 

 30 



9 

 12 



27 



„ 11 and III .... 





65 



69 



94 



48 



(276) 



February 24, 1898. 



Sir JOHN EVANS, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., Treasurer, in the Chair. 



Meeting for Discussion. 



Subject : — The Scientific Advantages of an Antarctic Expedition. 



The Discussion was opened with a communication by Dr. John 

 Murray, and the following gentlemen contributed remarks : — The 

 Duke of Argyll, Sir J. D. Hooker, Dr. Nansen, Dr. Gr. Neumayer of 

 Hamburg, Sir Clements Markham, Dr. A. Buchan, Sir A. Geikie, 

 Dr. Sclater, Professor D'Arcy Thompson, Admiral Sir W. J. L. 

 Wharton. 



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