432 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE GEOLOGY OF VITI LEVU, FIJI, 



With the assistance of Professor Judd, a grant of seventy- 

 pounds was obtained from the Royal Society of London in 1903, 

 and a further grant of eighty pounds in 1904. This liberality 

 enabled me to carry out a much longer and better equipped 

 expedition during the early part of 1905, when I was able to 

 spend almost three months in central Viti Levu. My best thanks 

 are also due to the Senate of the University of Sydney for 

 allowing me three months' leave of absence from the date of my 

 appointment to the teaching staflp. 



To Professor David I owe more than can ever be expressed 

 for his whole-hearted sympathy and ready advice at every point 

 of the undertaking. 



In Fiji the success of the expedition was entirely due to the 

 assistance and advice of Dr. J. B. Corney, Chief Government 

 Medical Officer. He gave us the benefit of his unequalled know- 

 ledge of the people, the country, and the conditions of work; 

 and at great personal inconvenience was always ready with 

 advice and help. No man has travelled so widely in Yiti Levu, 

 and during his journeys he always noted natural objects with 

 true scientific acumen; even where his notes were fragmentary 

 and he had to depend on his memory for facts observed years 

 previously, we never found his observations in error. Enough 

 cannot be said of his assistance to the expedition. 



I was fortunate enough in securing the services of Mr. E. J. 

 Ooddard, B.A., B.Sc, Junior Demonstrator in Biology, Univer- 

 sity of Sydney, as assistant. Throughout all the difficulties and 

 dangers of the trip he proved himself a loyal and courageous 

 companion, and I desire to express to him my thanks. 



Through the good offices of Mr. Thomas Steel, F.L.S., the 

 Directors of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company were good 

 enough to give general directions to all their managers in Fiji to 

 help me where possible. This request was most liberally inter- 

 preted, and to all concerned my grateful thanks are hereby 

 rendered. 



Other acknowledsrments will be made below. 



