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198 is generally acknowledged that this work conducted by Mossman is the most important of all the meteorological work carried out by any of the Antarctic expeditions. But all the recent Antarctic expeditions have taken very careful series of observations, and these taken along with the Scotia observations form a most valuable addition, not only to our knowledge of Antarctic weather conditions, but to the meteorology of the world. Since the establishment of the Scotia Bay Observatories, the Argentine Republic have set up another station on South Georgia, and have considered setting up yet another on the west coast of Graham Land where De Gerlache and Charcot have done such very excellent meteorological work. Charcot's observations, having been synchronous with those at Scotia Bay and South Georgia, are very important. There is little doubt that more of these permanent stations in other parts of the Antarctic and subantarctic Regions working in conjunction with the two already mentioned and with the observatories not only in South America, but also in conjunction with those in South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, would be a most valuable form of Antarctic exploration that would greatly increase our knowledge and benefit humanity.

It is not necessary to enlarge on the scientific