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It has, therefore, been proposed that a Scottish Expedition should 
be organised to supplement the work of the British and German 
Expeditions. It would undertake the exploration of that part of 
the Antarctic Continent which lies south of South America. It is 
calculated that £35,000 would be required to provide a suitable 
vessel, with the necessary equipments of men, instruments, pro- 
visions, etc., for the purpose. Of this sum £10,000 have been 
promised. 
The proposed staff includes six scientific men, five ship’s officers, 
and a crew of twenty-six. The scientists will take systematic 
observations both on land and sea in meteorology, magnetism, 
terrestrial physics, biology, geology, hydrography, and other 
branches of inquiry. The Expedition would be under the command 
of Mr William S. Bruce, who has had great experience in Polar 
expeditions, having been five summers and one winter in the Polar 
regions, where he distinguished himself as an Arctic zoologist, 
having brought hack larger zoological collections than any of his 
predecessors. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Dietary Studies of the Poorer Classes. By Dr Noel Paton, Dr 
J. C. Dunlop, and Dr Elsie Inglis. 
2. Note on the Relations amongst the Thermo- and Electro-Magnetic 
Effects. By W. Peddie, D.Sc. 
SECOND ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, 19 th November 1900. 
The Astronomer-Royal for Scotland, Yice-President, in the Chair. 
The Chairman gave the substance of Communications from the 
Scottish Office, Whitehall, and from the Nobel Committee of the Royal 
Swedish Academy of Sciences, as to the Nobel Foundation. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Diurnal Range of Temperature in the Mediterranean during the 
Summer Months. By Alexander Buchan, LL.D., F.R.S. 
2. The Topography of the Gray Matter and Motor Cell in the Spinal 
Cord. By Alexander Bruce, M.D. 
