INDEX. 



383 



Oysters, researches in embr_\T)loi,n- of American 272 



solid reef of ... 254 



„ tinning, &c 316 



Pagrus major ... ... ... ... ... 285 



„ spinifer... ... ... ... ... 285 



„ unicolor 103, 285 



Palaemon ... ... ... ... ... 33 



Palfemon, commensal with D. Haddoni ... 145 



"Palmer-fish" 280 



Palm Islands group ... ... ... ... 1 1 1 



Palolo, description of advent of ... ... 330 



annual appearance in Tonga, Fiji, ... 330 



„ method of capture ... ... ... 330 



Palythoa ccesia ... ... ... ... 152 



Paradise fish ... ... ... ... ... 284 



Pardachirus pavoninus ... ... ... 297 



Parrot fish 294,295,307 



„ orange-banded ... ... ... 296 



Pavonia padina ... ... ... ... 15 



Peacock sole ... ... ... ... ... 297 



Pearl perch ... ... ... ... ... 281 



Pearl-shell, artificial cultivation of ... 214,317 



attachment of young ... ... 217 



„ cultivation at Government Resi- 

 dency ... ... ... ... 219 



„ most suitable places for growth 22 1 

 „ observations on anchorage by 



byssus ... ... ... ... 216 



„ results of growth and maturation 219 



„ spawning time determined ... 220 



„ time required for growth ... 220 



„ transportation, experiment on ... 218 



Pearls, artificial production ... ... ... 59 



Pearl-shell Fisheries Act, 55 Victoria, No. 29 222 

 Pearl-shell fisheries, boats used, with average 



tonnage ... ... 206 



„ „ cost of maintenance 



of boats ... ... 206 



„ decrease in size ... 207 



„ „ headquarters ... ... 205 



„ „ manner of counting 



shell ... ... 206 



„ „ quality and price of 



shell per ton ... 207 



Pearl-shell fisheries, quantit)- of shell per 

 boat 



Pearl-shell fishery, leases of foreshore, &c. ... 

 „ „ well-boats suggested 



Pearl and pearl-shell fisheries, potentialities of 



regulations ... 



Pearl-shell and Beche-de-mer Fisheries Act, 

 controlling boundary 



Pearl-shell and beche-de-mer international 

 fisheries disputes, Mr. T. H. Haynes' book 



Pearl-shell and beche-de-mer fisheries, limit 

 of Queensland waters 



Pearl-shell and beche-de-mer fisheries. Un- 

 satisfactory state of international law 



Pearly or tiger nautilus 



I'ectinia Jardinei ... ... ... 39, 



Pentapus paradiseus ... 



Perch 



Percidffi 



Percy, Northumberland, and Whitsunday 

 Islands 



Pheromena Graj-i 



Photography, author's method 



Phymanthus muscosus ... ... 35> 



Physalia pelagica 



Physobrachia Douglasi 



" Picton bloaters " 



"Pig-face" 



Pike-eel 



Pike, Sydney ... 



Pilchard 



"Pink-fi.sh" 



Pinnotheres pisum, pearl-shell commensal ... 



Pipefish 



Plagusia notata 

 „ unicola 



Platycephalus fuscus ... 

 Staigeri 



Platax orbicularis ... ... .... 



„ teira 



Platyzoanthus mussoides 



Plaxaura salecornoides 



Plesiastrrea Peronii 

 urvillei 

 „ versipora ... 



Pleuronectes Mortoniensis 



Pleuronectid.e ... ... ... ... 296, 



Pocillopora damicornis ... 17,22,24, 



Poison-fish 



206 

 220 

 22 I 

 317 



3>8 



318 



320 



318 



318 

 64 

 158 

 283 

 280 

 280 



109 

 178 

 40 

 149 

 203 

 150 



301 

 286 



304 

 293 

 311 

 281 

 214 

 310 

 297 

 297 

 292 

 292 

 290 

 290 



155 

 199 

 166 

 70 

 166 

 297 



297 

 172 

 286 



