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data and illustrations ; his Excellency N. J. Moore, Premier, Western
Australia; Dr. K. Van Dort, engineer of Bankok, Siam; Dr. J. Henry
Burkill, of the India Museum, Calcutta, India; Alphaeus E. Williams,
manager of the De Beers Mine, Kimberley; Capt. E. L. Steever, District
Governor of Jolo, Philippine Islands ; Dr. T. Nishi-kawa, Zoological
Institute; K. Mikimoto, both of Tokio, Japan; Dr. S. M. Zwemer of
Bahrein, Persian Gulf ; Mr. Hugh Millman of Thursday Island,
Australia; Julius D. Dreher, American Consul at Tahiti, Society Islands
; and not least, by any means, the uniform promptness and completeness
with which the officials of the British Colonial Service have
responded to the many inquiries which the writers have addressed to
them.
The Authors.
September, 1908.
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