PROCEEDINGS
OF
THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
OF LONDON.
SESSION 1859-60.
Eighth Meeting, March 12th, 1860.
Sir RODERICK I. MURCHISON, Vice-President, in the Chair.
Presentations.—John Ball and James Bright, m.d., Esqrs., were presented upon their Election.
Elections.—Sir John W. H. Anson, Bart.; Professor Henry Attwell; the Rev. A. J. Carver, m.a.; Lieut.-Colonel J. A. Digby; Lieut. the Hon. F. Fitzmaurice, r.n.; Captain M. Petrie, r.e.; the Hon. F. Walpole; J. E. Anderdon; C. J. Fox Bunbury; William Coningham, m.p.; J. B. Dasent; J. A. Dickenson; W. H. T. Huskisson; R. F. Jermyn; Samuel Kinns, PHIL. DR.; William Smith, c.e.; and William Stirling, m.p., Esqrs, were elected Fellows.
The Papers read were—
1. South Australia: Exploring Expedition into the Interior of the
Continent. By J. Macdougall Stuart.
Communicated from the Colonial Office by the Duke of Newcastle, F.R.G.S.
Sir R. Macdonnell reports in his despatch of July, 1859, that Mr. Macdougall Stuart had just returned to Adelaide, having made another very extensive exploratory trip, aided solely by private means. His farthest point appears to have been about lat. 27° S., long. 135° E., a distance of about 90 miles beyond Major Warburton's farthest. The country improved as he proceeded, being formed of alluvial soil, and diversified by numerous small hills, varying from 100 to 150 feet in height, from the summits of which copious springs of clear water overflowed, while there was abundant and excellent pasture in every direction. He describes the dip of the country as being towards the north-west.
The Chairman said the discoveries were important, and redounded to the honour of the adventurous traveller, Mr. Macdougall Stuart, who had previously discovered an extensive tract of country, and had now extended his explorations still farther in a north-westerly direction. A former Governor of Australia,
