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TO 



THE HONORABLE ALFRED DEAKIN, M.L.A., 



CHIEF SECRETARY OF THE COLONY VICTORIA, 



THROUGH WHOSE SCHOLARLY INTEREST 



ALL 



SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS IN THIS HIS NATIVE LAND 

 IS STRENUOUSLY PROMOTED, 



AND 



UNDER WHOSE GENEROUS MINISTERIAL AUSPICES 



This Volume has been Elaborated* 



