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THE February Proctedings of the Geographical Society opens with Capt. Holdich's paper on the “Geographical Results of the Afghan Expedition”; but of more importance from a geographical point of view are Mr. Wilfred Powell's “Observations on New Britain and Neighbouring Islands.” The latter is accompanied by a sketch-survey of the north-east portion of New Britain by the author, which of itself is of considerable value. A correspondence between Admiral Ryder, Naval Commander in-Chief at Portsmouth, and the Council of the Society follows, by which we learn that the latter, in declining his offer to establish certain medals, are of opinion that “the plan of granting medals to officers and seamen for independent surveys is impracticable,” and further that they do not consider it their business to take any action in regard to an international congress of hydrographers.
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Geographical Notes . Nature 23, 398–399 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/023398a0
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