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contemporaries, especially those of Sir Joseph Hooker, 

 F.B.S., the late Mr. T. Kirk, F.L.S., and my friend 

 Mr. T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



Besides the photographs taken personally, a few 

 were generously given by Messrs. J. Crosby- Smith, 

 F.L.S., W. C. Davies, M. C. Gudex, M.A. ; F. G. 

 Gibbs, M.A., J. J. Collins, A. Hamilton, and W. H. 

 Field, M.P., and to these gentlemen my sincere thanks 

 are due. I am also much indebted to Mr. W. C. 

 Kensington, I.S.O., for permission to make use of any 

 photographs published in my reports on botanical survey 

 to the Department of Lands and Survey ; and to the 

 Philosophical Institute of Canterbury for the use of 

 three photographs from the important work just issued 

 by that body on the Subantarctic Islands of New 

 Zealand. My friend Professor C. Chilton, M.A., D.Sc., 

 has most generously assisted me in revising the proofs, 

 and I thank him most sincerely. 



The book is published under the auspices of the 

 Department of Education, and I gladly take this oppor- 

 tunity of thanking the Hon. G. Fowlds, Minister of 

 Education, for having arranged for the publication of 

 the work. My thanks are likewise due to Mr. W. E. 

 Spencer, M.A., M.Sc., of the Education Department, 

 w T ho has rendered valuable assistance in various ways. 

 Finally, it gives me much pleasure to express my obliga- 

 tions to the Government Printer, Mr. John Mackay, 

 and to the photographic branch of his Department. 



L. C. 



Christchurch, 15th August, 1910. 



