IN MEMORY 



of 

 Prof. Dr. MELCHIOR TREUB, 



late Director of the Botanical Gardens at Buitenzorg and of the 

 Department of Agriculture in Dutch East India. 



The first volume of this work was by its contents an "in memoriam" 

 of P. BLEEKER, who has done more than any man to promote our 

 knowledge of the ichthyology of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. 



This second volume, the first of a series which describes the fishes 

 of that Archipelago, is dedicated to the late Prof. MELCHIOR TREUB. 

 More than any one else he has promoted scientific life in Netherlands 

 India and has succesfully taught, that science is the base also of 

 practical colonial enterprise. He knew that scientific exploration of the 

 unknown fields of a colony is a charter of their possession, and he 

 accordingly promoted their exploration. His last official act was to 

 procure governmental aid for this present work; may it be a slight 

 token of our esteem for his everlasting labors. 



