They would also invite the attention of residents and travellers in for- 

 eign countries, missionaries, officers in the military, naval, diplomatic and 

 consular services, whose position gives them unusual advantages in this 

 respect, to the easy manner in which they can support the Journal and 

 advance the science by forming collections. These collections are very 

 likely to yield new and interesting forms and they certainly furnish val- 

 uable material for the study of geographical distribution. 



It is much to be desired that residents in the British possessions should 

 follow the excellent example of the French colonists in New Caledonia. 



They with the able assistance of their conchologists in France, are as- 

 siduously working at the moUusca of that island; new^ species from it 

 being described and figured in every issue of the "Journal de ConchyH- 

 ologie". An excellent opportunity is afibrded to British conchologists 

 l)y the annexation of the Fiji Islands, and the probable annexation of 

 New Guinea; and the Editors wish to be, as soon as possible, in commu- 

 nication with all British colonies, and foreign countries. 



To Advertisers. 



The Journal affords an excellent medium of communicating with 

 conchologists generally throughout the w^orld, while the charges are quite 

 nominal. 



Dealers in Shells and Publishers of Conchological Works, will find it 

 especially to their advantage to advertise on the Cover of this Journal. 

 Tariff can be had on application or seen on the Cover of the Journal. 



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