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operate in limiting the northern and southern distribution of 
some of the species, thus, for example, the Schnapper, Yellowtail 
(Northern Kingfish), John Dory, Cucumber fish, Mackerel, 
Trevally and Kahawai are commoner in the North Island, while 
the predominating southern forms are the Hake or Whiting, 
Kingfish, Blue Cod, Butterfish, Frostfish, ete. 
Many species, however, range along the whole of the coast 
line, including Red Cod, Barracouta, Tarakihi, Ling, Hapuka, 
and many of the flatfishes, while one, the Black Flounder, is a 
fresh-water species. Considerable information was also gained 
as to the depths at which the different kind of fishes were most 
abundantly met with—it should be added—at the season at which 
the undertaking was conducted.—for it must not be supposed 
that the same results would be met with the year round. 
The illustrations which accompany the report will be distinctly 
useful, and in the preparation of these I desire to acknowledge 
much help rendered by my assistant, Mr. Frank A. Pollard. 
Fifty-two different kinds of fishes are illustrated, this 
number includes the sharks and rays, ete., which appeared in 
the first part of the report, and other fishes which are not 
directly of economic import, though many undoubtedly serve as 
food for edible species. 
In keeping with the text, representations of the flat fishes 
have been more generously furnished and the whole of the 
species which, as far as I am aware, find a place in our markets 
have been illustrated. 
Of the less economic portion of the report it may be noted 
that Professor Benham records five new species of Echinoderms, 
Mr. Henry Suter eight new species or varieties of Molluscs, 
while Dr. Chilton finds that though all the Crustaceans were 
previously known, one of them is an addition to the New 
Zealand fauna. The enumeration of the new forms does not, 
however, exhaust the interest of the communications, for several 
of the others had never been seen since they were first described, 
and were in danger of removal from the list as doubtful records. 
Dr. Chilton refers to the enormous numbers of Crayfish which 
we trawled at the Chatham Islands, and also mentions having 
seen them in shallow water at Dusky Sound in 1908. Being 
myself a member of the party which visited the South-west 
Sounds in that year I was also struck with the congregations of 
Crayfish mentioned by my friend, and cull the following from 
an article I wrote for the newspapers at the time :— 
‘‘Pulling over a sandy fiat, large masses of brown seaweed 
were encountered, at least they were so regarded until the water 
glass was brought into requisition, it was then found that each 
