Historical.] 



SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 



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In the next year the Antarctic Expedition under Sir James Ross visited both the 

 Auckland and the Campbell Islands, and a stay was made in Rendezvous Harbour 

 (now known as Port Ross), in Auckland Island, from the 20th November to the 

 12th December, 1840, during which time the botanist, Sir J. D. Hooker, with the 

 assistance of Dr. Lyall, made a very complete collection of the plants of the 

 neighbourhood. Campbell Island was visited immediately afterwards. An account 

 of the voyage was published in 1847, and Hooker's results appeared in the first 

 volume of the " Flora Antarctica," which was issued in 1844. Some of the zoo- 

 logical results were published in 1846, the mammals, birds, fishes, and some orders 



Fid. 7. — Cemeteuv at Pout Ross, Auckland Isi.ands. 



of the insects being then dealt with ; but the publication was then stopped owing 

 to lack of funds, and the account of remaining groups — that is to say, the remainder 

 of the insects, the Crustacea, and the mollusca — was not published until 1874. 



Thus, within a short space of time the islands were visited by no less than three 

 scientific expeditions ; but for a long time after that no further advance was made, 

 and the Auckland Islands appear to have been visited only by the few sealers who 

 still found enough seals to make the trip worth their while. 



In 1847 Mr. Charles Enderby, a member of the well-known whaling firm, and 

 also a Fellow of the Royal Society, published a letter containing a " Proposal to 

 re-establish the British Southern Whale-fishery " by means of a chartered company, 



