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welfare of the new southern land he did so much to bring before 

 the people of the old country is well known to those who have 

 had the opportunity of perusing some of the literature of the 

 period, but now, through the efforts of Mr. J. H. Maiden, 

 the Government Botanist of New South Wales, we have every 

 detail of Banks's life presented to us in a handsome, well-illustrated 

 volume, published at the moderate price of five shillings, the 

 whole of which amount goes to the memorial fund. Mr. Maiden, 

 with his usual thoroughness, has not only given us Banks's life and 

 work, but, where necessary, has interwoven the names and work 

 of many of his contemporaries and associates — names which every 

 Australian naturalist is more or less familiar with as original 

 collectors or founders of species, genera, &c. The volume is 

 thus a handy compendium of much of the early work done in 

 Australian natural history, and reflects great credit on the author, 

 who has carried out his labour of love so fully, with notes and 

 references, that the future historian of Banks and his limes will 

 have little to add. The illustrations, which number over sixty, are 

 in many cases reproductions of historic pictures, &c., and serve to 

 further emphasize every detail of Banks and his connection with 

 Australia. Not the least interesting are the reproductions of 

 Cook's chart of the eastern coast of Australia, with the latest 

 surveys placed alongside, showing how marvellously correct that 

 great navigator was in his delineation of the coast-line, which he 

 was the first to discover. It is to be hoped that the work will 

 have a ready sale, for the purchaser, besides getting full value for 

 his money, will be contributing his mite towards a worthy object. 

 But this need not deter any individual wishing to contribute 

 directly to the fund from forwarding his cheque to Mr. Maiden, 

 who is the hon. secretary to the movement. The New South 

 Wales Government is to be congratulated for its generosity in pro- 

 ducing the volume at the public expense, and so enabling the 

 whole of the proceeds to be devoted to the purpose of the 

 memorial. 



Records of the Canterbury Museum — The second number 

 of this publication is devoted to a record of the scientific results 

 of the New Zealand Government trawling expedition of 1907. 

 Separate reports deal with the Algag, the Annelida and Sipun- 

 culoidea, the Echinoderma, the Mollusca (part i), and the Pisces 

 (part i). The latter is by Mr. Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S., Curator 

 of the Museum, who also furnishes an introduction and a series 

 of plates illustrating the method of trawling, &c. The steamer 

 occupied nearly three months in traversing the east coast of 

 New Zealand, and dredging was carried on at 96 different stations. 

 The systematic lists of Algae, shell-fish, &c., are very complete, 

 and record many new species, several of which are illustrated. 



