TO THE 



HON. SIR SAMUEL WALKER GRIFFITH, 



K.C.M.G., Q.C., &c., 

 CHIEF JUSTICE OF QUEENSLAND 



AND 



LATE PREMIER OF THE MINISTRY, 



UNDER WHOSE AUSPICES, AND WITH WHOSE ENCOURAGING SUPPORT, 



THE FACTS AND MATERIALS HEREIN SET FORTH 



WERE RENDERED ACCESSIBLE, 



GREAT BARRIER REEF OF AUSTRALIA \ 



IS DEDICATED, AS A MARK OF ESTEEM, 



BY THE AUTHOR. 



