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island by Dr. Hoclistetter was asked as a particular favour.* 

 As the request was a high compliment, and it was im- 

 possible the scientific objects of the Expedition could be more 

 obviously fulfilled than by the thorough geological examina- 

 tion of a country never hitherto subjected to a similar scrutiny, 

 Commodore Von Wiillerstorff consented on condition that all 

 the collections made, and the observations and literary matter 

 published, by Dr. Hoclistetter during his residence on the 

 island, should without exception form part of the results of 

 the Novara Expedition, and that all expenses^ incurred 

 during his stay on the island, or on his passage back to 

 Europe, should be defrayed by the Government of New 

 Zealand, t 



All these proposals were at once approved, and Dr. Hocli- 

 stetter was moreover handsomely remunerated, and every 

 facility given him to devote himself to the extension of 

 science while contributing to the welfare of the country at 

 large. On the 8tli January, our estimable travelling com- 

 panion disembarked from the Novara^ intending to remain 

 in Auckland provisionally, and to make pre23arations for his 

 arduous task, which was to be inaugurated by a geological 

 survey of Auckland Province, after which, in the course of 

 some weeks, he hoped to proceed into the interior. Several 

 officials, as also a photographer, a draughtsman, and 15 

 Maories, were selected to accompany Dr. Hoclistetter into 

 the interior, each of whom strove to contribute to the utmost 



* See Appendix III. t See Appendix IV. 



