Description | He wishes to apply for an appropriation from the Royal Society's Government Grant. The Society was uanable to comply with his request last year, but he gives thanks for the Society's help in obtaining the Imperial Government Grant. The Expedition sailed from Hobart with a heavy deficit, but no effort was spared in securing men, who were appointed by the Australian Association for the Advancement of Science, to obtain scientific data. Magnetic charting and the charting of 2,000 miles of coastline will be of great importance to the world. He draws attention to the biological and oceanographic work that might be accomplished by the 'Aurora', asking for £250 in each area, a total grant of £500. |