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APPENDIX. 
British Museum^ July 1835. 
Dear Sir, 
The Box of Shells which were collected by you on 
the Eastern Coast of New Zealand having been sent to 
the National Collection by the Officers of the Church 
Missionary Society, I hasten, at your request, to give 
you a short account of them. On examination, they 
proved exceedingly interesting, many of the species being 
quite new to science : which is the more remarkable, 
as the French Naturalists, who accompanied the late 
Voyages of Discovery, have been paying considerable 
attention to the animals, and especially to the shells, of 
that country. The greater part of them were desiderata 
to our Collection ; and most of the rest were useful in 
making up the series of those specimens that were pre- 
viously in the Collection. 
Yours most truly, 
John Edw. Gray. 
To the Rev, W. Yate. — — 
CATALOGUE OF SHELLS 
COLLECTED ON THE EAST COAST OF NEW ZEALAND, BY THE 
REV. W. YATE. 
Ten of the species were brought to this country by Captain 
Cook, from his Voyages round the World; and were figured 
by ^lartyn, in his work on the Shells of the Pacific ; viz. 
1. Voluta Pacifica, 
2. Purpura Haustrum, (La3I.) 
