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and meteorological observations made throughout the voyage, 

 and will appear under the auspices of the Imperial hydi'o- 

 graphic Institution at Trieste. 



The abundant materials collected in the departments of 

 natural history, statistics, and commercial policy, will be pre- 

 pared by the various gentlemen who accompanied the Expe- 

 dition, and comprise as many sections as there were scientific 

 branches represented on board ship during the voyage. These 

 publications will embrace, in a collected form, the observa- 

 tions; investigations, and results obtained in the course of the 

 entire campaign, relating to Geology, Zoology, Botany, Eth- 

 nography and Anthropology, Medicine, Statistics, and Trade. 



And while these various works can only after their publica- 

 tion admit of a just opinion being formed as to what has been 

 achieved in this respect by the Expedition, the numerous 

 and valuable collections of objects of natural history already 

 give an idea of the activity and research of each member of 

 the scientific staff in the course of the voyage. 



The zoological collection comprises above 26,000 specimens, 

 partly collected by the two zoologists themselves, partly pre- 

 sented or purchased ; they consist of 320 mammalia, 1500 

 birds, 950 amphibiae, 2000 fish, 6550 conchy Use, 13,000 in- 

 sects, 950 Crustacea, 500 molluscs, 60 skeletons, 50 skulls, 

 120 nests, and 150 eggs. 



The botanical portion embraces several very comprehensive 

 and valuable herbaria and collections of seeds (in selecting the 

 latter the capabilities of the various portions of the Empire were 



