have been obtained by me from Gentlemen in the Island.
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(signed) Chat St. Geo: Beverley
· Surveyor General .
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Colonial Secretary.
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Answers to Queries contained in a Circular from the Right Honorable Sir G. C. Lewis, M. P., dated Downing Street, 28th June, 1860.
W. 2.
It is believed that no scientific work has yet been published on the Zoology of the Island. A complete collection of the Coleoptera, made during many years continuous research is in the possession of Mr. J. C. Bowring of Hongkong. Some of the Radiata and other low forms of the animal Kingdom, and a tolerably full conchological collection made by himself were in the hands of the late lamented