TO 



THEjpIONORABLE JAMES SERVICE, 



fate f)nwr of the Colons of Victoria, 



THIS WORK 



IS DEDICATED IN RECOGNITION OF GENEROUS SUPPORT, 



ACCORDED THROUGH MANY YEARS TO VICTORIAN SCIENTIFIC PURSUITS, 



AND IN APPRECIATION OF 



CIRCUMSPECT EFFORTS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF 

 THE INTERESTS OF ALL AUSTRALIA. 



