98 Nature protected 
animal world generally are strictly 
protected. 
Victoria. Ferntree Gully, near 
Melbourne, a tract with Alsophila 
australiSy Dicksonia antarcticay Euca- 
lyptus, and Eugenia Smithii growing 
on it, has become crown land. The 
taking away of ferns particularly is 
forbidden. 
New Zealand, In the first place, 
a Committee has been formed at 
Christchurch for purchasing as a 
Public Reserve, Kapiti Island in Cook 
Strait. This is an original forest of 
evergreen trees, and coniferous trees 
such as Podocarpus dacrydioideSy P, 
spicatay and P. totara. Another re- 
servation is Little Barrier Island, with 
Agathis australisy Metrosideros tomen- 
tosay and other types of Northern New 
Zealand \ The island also contains a 
1 See also Laing and Blackwell, Plants of New 
Zealand. 
