14 IOWA STUDIES IN NATURAL HISTORY 
to pay more for such accommodations than those of other coun- 
tries. It seemed that our government had established a prece- 
dent by demanding $10 for a passport and an equal amount for 
vises. Other governments, perhaps in retaliation, assessed simi- 
lar fees from Americans, while citizens from other countries 
were charged only a fraction of that amount. This practice is 
still in vogue, and so far as I can ascertain, Americans still have 
to pay more for seeing the world than any other people. I sup- 
pose this is on the theory that travel is a luxury and should 
therefore be taxed; but it is rather hard on scientists traveling 
for scientific objectives and paying their expenses out of their 
own salaries. 
An excellent suggestion came from Professor G. W. Stewart, 
then acting dean of the graduate college, to the effect 
that each member of the party prepare a list of his own objec- 
tives to be attained both in Fiji and New Zealand. We were 
thus led to a definiteness of aim which resulted in more clear- 
eut plans for work than would otherwise have been possible. 
It will be interesting to learn how many of these objectives were 
realized by each member of the party when the special reports 
of the expedition appear. As a matter of fact a great majority 
of these definite aims was attained, but we found in several in- 
stances that unexpected opportunities presented themselves 
while in the field, and each member felt free to switch his at- 
tention to these new and attractive possibilities, often with good 
results. 
{ft was soon evident, that, lacking a generous Henderson to 
provide a launch and dredging equipment, we would have to 
give up any idea of deep sea dredging that had added so much 
to the scientific results of previous expeditions, and that our 
marine work would have to be confined to the reefs, flats and 
shallow water. In New Zealand, however, I was privileged to 
go on a eruise on an Auckland trawler that worked down to 
about 25 fathoms, thus securing some of the prizes in the way 
of marine invertebrates. The time thus spent yielded the best re- 
sults, so far as these groups were concerned, of the entire trip. 
The graduate college appropriated a fund of $700 for equip- 
ment and transportation of collections, and a considerable part 
of this was expended in the transportation of collections from 
our own Pacific Coast to Iowa City, for which we were compelled 
