In Memoriam. 



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to account for some of the difficult questions in connection with this sub- 

 ject it is not necessary to speak here in detail — they are well known to all 

 students of the subject, and have long since established Captain Hutton 

 as a leading authority on the distribution of animals and plants. 



During the whole course of his career Captain Hutton gave much 

 thought to the fundamental questions of biology. In 1861 he wrote a 

 review of Darwin's " Origin of Species " for the " Geologist," which showed 

 that even thus early he had grasped and accepted the fundamental prin- 

 ciples of the theory of descent, and he continued to deal with various 

 aspects of the question in numerous addresses and lectures. In 1899 

 he published his "Darwinism and Lamarckism, Old and New": and in 

 1902 appeared " The Lesson of Evolution," containing his Presidential 

 Address to the Hobart meeting of the Australasian Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, and other essays. 



In addition to the large amount of work that he personally performed. 

 Captain Hutton greatly aided and advanced our knowledge of the natural 

 history of New Zealand by the advice, stimulus, and assistance which 

 he at all times so willingly gave to younger workers, and his name will 

 always remain inseparably connected with the foundation of New Zealand 

 geology and zoology. 



