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Anon. The Voyage of the * Chevert ' to New Guinea. Nature, 

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Abstract of an account in the Sydney Morning Herald of W. Mac- 

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 forms. R. E., Jun. 



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On the W. slope of the Grand Mont d'Or, Noumea, a large area 

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Balfour, Dr. I. B. On the Elora and Geological Structure of the 

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Mauritius and Rodriguez Island are surrounded by small volcanic 

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Bird, J. L. The Hawaiian Archipelago. Six months among the 

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Geological formation volcanic. The volcano of Kilauea, at a height 

 of 4000 ft. on the flanks of Mauna Loa, in Hawaii, is the highest 

 continually active volcano in the world. Mauna Loa is 13,750 ft., 

 and has an occasionally active summit crater. Mauna Kea, 13,953 ft., 

 is snow clad ; its terminal cone consists of volcanic tufa, and is 

 craterless, but surrounded by many truncated cones, all with craters, 

 the outer slopes of which are at an angle of 30°. The crater of 

 Haleakala, 10,200 ft., the largest extinct volcano known, is about 19 

 miles in circumference. A map of this is given (p. 333). R. E., Jun. 



Chambeyron, L. Note relative a la NouveUe Caledonio. [New 



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Clarke, Rev. W. B. Anniversary Address to the Royal Society of 

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Principally consistfl of two parts, the first relating to some of the 



