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Moore expresses his special indebtedness for assistance and advice, he left 

 Zomba again for Blantyre on December 26. On January 1, 1896, he left 

 Blantyre for Mtope, on the Upper Shir^ River, and proceeded thence by 

 boat to Fort Liwonde. Proceeding up the Shire E-iver to Fort Johnston, 

 which was reached on January 8, he, through the kindness of Sir Harry 

 Johnston, was enabled to embark his men and goods on the gunboat 

 ' Pioneer,' on which he proceeded up Lake Nyassa, arriving at Karonga 

 on February 28. There a further delay occurred, owing to the necessity 

 for collecting men for the march across the plateau. On reaching 

 Mweinwanda's village, 40 miles N.W. of Nyassa, delay arose from fever. 

 On recovery, Mr. Moore proceeded to Fwambo, which was reached on 

 March 16. Leaving that place on the 17th, a day's journey brought 

 him to the Chartered Company's new station at Fort Abercorn, from 

 which, after a long day's march, the south end of Tanganyika was reached 

 on March 19. The remainder of Mr. Moore's time was passed on or 

 near the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in visiting places favourable for 

 dredging, and in making observations on the topography of the district. 

 Several excursions were undertaken into the surrounding country, east 

 and west, especially with a view to the study of the remarkable geology 

 of the Loofu Valley, the river of which reaches Tanganyika through a 

 precipitous gorge, near the south end of Cameron Bay. Mr. Moore 

 left Kituta on September 7, 1896, and returned by the same route as he 

 went up, reaching Europe on New Year's Day, 1897. 



^Zoology and Botany oj the West India Islayids. — Tenth Report of the 

 Committee, consisting of Dr. P. L. Sclater {Chairman), Mr. 

 Geokge Murray (Secretary), Mr. W. Carruthers, Dr. A. C. L. 

 GuNTHER, Dr. D. Sharp, Mr. F. Du Cane Godman, Professor A. 

 Newton, and Sir George Hampson, on the Present State 

 of our Knoviledge of the Zoology and Botany of the West 

 India Islands, and on taldng Steps to investigate ascertained 

 Deficiencies in the Fauna and Flora. 



This Committee was appointed in 1887, and has been reapppointed 

 each year until the present time. 



During the past year the following papers have been published : — 



1. On the Diptera of St. Vincent (West Indies), by Professor S. TV. 

 "Williston ('Trans. Ent. Soc.,' London, 1896, pp. 253-446, plates 8-14). 



2. On the Heteromerous Coleoptera of St. Vincent, Grenada, and the 

 Grenadines, by G. C. Champion ('Trans. Ent. Soc.,' London, 1896, 54 pp. 

 and 1 plate). 



3. On West Indian terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans, by A. Dollfus 

 (' Proc. Zool. Soc.,' London, 1896, pp. 388-400). 



The Committee hope during the ensuing year to complete their under- 

 takings. All the plants collected have either been published or are now 

 in the hands of experts. There remain a few groups of Insects not yet 

 ■undertaken, and the Committee request reappointment, without a grant, 

 to enable them to finish their work, the following to be members : 

 Dr. Sclater (Chairman), Mr. G. Murray (Secretary), Mr. F. Du Cane 

 ■Godman, Dr. Sharp, and Sir George Hampson. 



1897. BB 



