TO 



THE HONORABLE JAMES SERVICE, 



%-$ik l^xzmizx ai the €olon^ of Iktoria, 



THIS ^^ORK 

 IS DEDICATED IN RECOGNITION OF GENEROUS SUPPORT, 



ACCORDED THROUGH MANY YEARS TO VICTORIAN SCIENTIFIC PURSUITS, 

 AN'D IN APPRECIATION OF 



CIRCUMSPECT EFFORTS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF 

 THE INTERESTS OF ALL AUSTRALIA. 



