VIU AUTHORS PREFACE. 



and lastly, to Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, the Engineer to the 

 Christmas Island Phosphate Company. 



I am also greatly indebted to the contributors of tbe 

 various sections of this book for the trouble and care they 

 have taken in working out the collections I was able to 

 send home. 



CHAS. W. ANDREWS. 



Geological Department, 



British Museum (Natural History). 

 February, 1900. 



