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AT the ordinary monthly meeting of the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland, on August 20, the President (Mr. J. P. Thomson) read a paper on recent exploration in British New Guinea. The paper was a continuation of one read by the Governor at the Hobart meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science in January, 1892. Since then several tracts of new country have been visited, and geographical knowledge of it has been increased by the detailed examination made by Sir William MacGregor of the extensive river systems of the Papuan Gulf, and his more recent exploration of the hitherto unknown parts of the north-east coast. The following extracts from Mr. Thomson's paper are reprinted from the Brisbane Courier.
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Recent Exploration in British New Guinea. Nature 50, 609–611 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/050609a0
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