To Alfred E. C. Selwyn, Esq., F.R.S., RG-.S., 



Director of the Geological Survey of Canada. 



Sir, — I beg to present herewith a report on the exploration of 1878 

 in the Queen Charlotte Islands, bearing principally on the geology and 

 geography of the islands, but including as appendices reports on the 

 Haicla Indians and on the zoological and botanical collections made, 

 with a table of meteorological observations and notes on the latitudes 

 and longitudes of places. In Appendix C, Mr. J. F. "YVhiteaves has 

 embodied the result of an examination of some of the marine inverte- 

 brates. The Survey is indebted to Mr. S. I. Smith of Yale College, and 

 to Prof. J. Macoun of Belleville, for their gratuitous services in 

 preparing reports on the Crustacea and plants respectively. 



I have the honour to be, 



Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



GEORGE M. DAWSON. 



Montreal, May 1, 1880, 



