Department of Agriculture, 

 Cape of Good Hope, 

 Cape Town. 



The Government of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, having 

 undertaken an investigation into the Marine Fauna, &c, of the Coasts from an 

 economic and scientific point of view, the services of various specialists have 

 been procured to work up the material. This investigation will deal with 

 Marine Biology in the widest sense of the term, including the study of 

 conditions of life dependent on physical factors, such as currents, temperature, &c. 

 Each paper will be published separately as soon as received, and a volum 

 containing a number of papers will be issued at intervals. 



J. D. F. GILCHRIST, M.A., Ph D., B.Sc, 



Marine Biologist to the Government of the Colony of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



