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Kloss was in charge of the botanical and zoological work. 
A visit productive of many novelties was that by the 
well-known lady botanist and explorer, Miss L. S. Gibbs, 
who ascended the Arfak Mountains in 1913. 
As regards the Mandated Territory, it may be said 
that the Germans since their occupation of the country in 
1884, carried out investigations into the flora with char- 
acteristic Teutonic thoroughness, and in 1901 published a 
large work on the Flora of the German possessions and 
protectorates in the south seas. A supplement to this work 
was issued in 1905. The authors were K. Schumann, a 
well known German botanist, and K. Lauterbach, a 
director of the German New Guinea Company. The latter 
had paid several visits to New Guinea, and made large 
collections, and is still editing a series issued from the 
Botanic Gardens, Berlin, entitled, ‘'Contributions to the 
Flora of Papua”; the first of these appeared in 1912, 
and the latest (No. 14) last year. Since its occupation 
by Australia the only work done in the Territory of any 
consequence 'was that by Mr. C. E. Lane-Poole, who 
visited there in 1923-24, and reported on the forests and 
forest resources of the Territory. 
As regards British New Guinea, known officially as 
the Territory of Papua, the lecturer stated he had visited 
tel) territory in 1918, and published an account of his 
findings in the' Proceedings of the Royal Society of 
Queensland for 1922, giving as an introduction a history 
of botanical work in the territory. Since that date, 
collections named by Forbes in 1*885 have been deter- 
mined mainly by botanists at the British Museum, and 
a complete account of them given as a supplement to the 
“Journal of Botany” (England) for 1923. It seems a 
great pity that the collections made by this well-known 
geographer should have lain undetermined for so many 
years. Mr. C. E. Lane-Poole, Commonwealth Inspector- 
General of Forests, visited the territory in 1922-3, and 
made extensive collections. His general results, both on 
this territory and the mandated territory have appeared 
as a Parliamentary Report (Melbourne, 1925), while his 
new species have been described in the Proceedings of 
the Royal Society of Queensland by the lecturer and Mr. 
W. I). Francis. 
In his general account of the forests of New Guinea, 
Mr. Lane-Poole divided the vegetation according to zones 
of altitude, and this is probably the best way to deal with 
the flora. The first of these zones, which may be called 
