FIJI-NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITION 7 
lightful courtesies at the hands of local scientific men led by 
Dr. H. E. Gregory of the Bishop Museum, and my friend and 
former pupil, Dr. C. H. Edmondson. 
At Fiji our best friend was Hon. T. E. Fell, C. M. G., Colonial 
Secretary, who indeed was the one who suggested the expedi- 
tion to Fiji and who aided very largely in making it a success. 
We are also indebteded to His Excellency Sir Cecil Hunter 
Rodwell, K. C. M. G., for official favors; to Mr. H. C. Pilling, 
Assistant Colonial Secretary, for receiving our party and effects 
and aiding in landing, and in passing the customs house, and 
for other favors. Also to Mr. Harold C. Wright, Government 
chemist, for very efficient aid rendered our botanist and en- 
tomologist, and to Ratu Popé of Bau for hospitality extended. 
In New Zealand we found so many helpful friends that it is 
impossible to enumerate them here; all, I believe, are mentioned 
in the following pages. But it is proper that acknowledgment 
should be made to His Excellency, The Governor General, Vis- 
eount Jellicoe, and to the Honorable William Downie Stewart 
Minister of Internal Affairs, for many official courtesies. Most 
of all are we indebted to Mr. J. Hislop, Under Secretary of In- 
ternal Affairs, and Mr. Jas. MeDonald, Acting Director of the 
Dominion Museum. We also wish to acknowledge the hospital- 
ity of the Hon. Mr. George Malcolm Thompson and the courtesies 
extended by Mr. H. T. B. Drew, Publicity Officer. Among our 
scientific colleagues we are especially indebted to Mr. Thomas 
E. Cheeseman, Curator, and to Mr. C. T. Griffin, F. Z. S., Assist- 
ant Curator, both of the Auckland Museum; Dr. Charles Chilton, 
Rector of Canterbury College; Mr. Elsdon Best of the Dominion 
Museum; Professor H. B. Kirk of Victoria College; Mr. W. R. B. 
Oliver, F.Z.S. and Mr. Harold Hamilton of the Dominion Mu- 
seum; and Mr. Gilbert Archey of Canterbury College. 
Favors rendered my companions by friends in Fiji and New 
Zealand will be acknowledged by them in the chapters which 
relate their experiences while on the Expedition. 
Unless otherwise indicated the illustrations in this volume are 
from negatives taken by the author or by Mr. Kent, University 
photographer, who is responsible for the frontispiece, maps, 
illustrations of zoological specimens, and full-page portraits. 
C. C. NuttTine 
University of Iowa 
March 10, 1924 
