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REPOPULATION OF KRAKATAO.
Por Prosidont Jackson.- Mr.
Open from 10a.m. to 6 p.in.
F. Dumann, Capt. H. R. Dabney,
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Problems of Geographical Distribution.
In what order and how quickly do animals and plants reach an island newly risen from tho aaa, or restore to a devastated area! tis fauna and flora? Now and interosting light has been thrown on those biological problems by observations made by Dutch naturalists on islands devastated by the oruption of Krakatao writes the Times sclantifle cor- rospondent. They have an im. portant bearing on the generali questions of the past history and the present distribution of animals and plants.
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Krakatao, Vorlaton, and Sobery are amall volcanic islands in the Sunda Strait, batwoon Java and Bumatra. The largest of them, Krakatao, Is less than five miles across, and the distance both from Java and Sumatra is about 25 miles. Sobeny is ton miles noater Sumatra. Those tropical islands were covered with luxu riant vegetation and doubtless' supported a rich fauna, although, unfortunately, no careful survey of their plants and animals had!
& Shanghai... Japan bron made. Suddenly, in 1883, Sunz & Straits one of the most terrible voluanic Europe vin Negapatam (letters &
nuly, Londons 12th Marela) eruptions known in history took
From May 20 to Shanghai placo.
Shanghai.. August 16 explosions followed Manila... oach other at short intervals, and
Loudne 12th Marchi in the last and most violent two poake nearly 1,500ft. high were 11.9. A., Hamolat, dapan & Shanghai
Canada, U.S.A., Jupan & Shinuchai blown away and half of the pook Mali.. of Krakatao (nearly 3,000ft. high) Australis fe Manila was destroyed. The islands wore Japan & Shanghai covored with hot ashos to a depth Straits
Japan... of nearly 200ft. Da Subgay, oven, Japan & Shanghai... at least one-half of the land was covered to a depth of many foot, and no doubt there some of the animals and plants, escaping do- struction, in duo course spread to the undevastated portion. But all blologists who have visited Krakatao and Verlaton since the the eruption are convinced that Saigon... nothing could have oscapod on Amy them. The whole surface wag nili & Bangkok
aro
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4. glowing or smouldering furnace Swatow, Amay & Purmona
waste of Straits & Calcutta for many weeks and o dust and cinders for many months. Shanghai
The vegetation came back first, Hohn & Haiphong and there are now forests of Straus & Calcutta
Swatow, Amy & Ponchox fruit trees, thickets of brushwond, Shanghi, Japan, Honolulu, Canada.
N 14 18. A., C. and moadowa on the more open
America & *Europe via San Francisco lopes. Careful collecting from time to time has established tho fact that wholly devastated Krakatan and Vorlaton bave now Swatow, Amoy & Foochow ... almost AA many species of Saigon,
pictly-devastated animals Sobouy, the numbers being re- spectively 572, 325, and 638 Naturally, the great majority of there bolong to animals capable
Certon. 'Strade. Manila. of flight. Wind currents
Maurition, E. & S. Africa not great. The order of appear-satow & Bangkok ance Beams to show that many Shanghai, Japan, Canada. PSA, C. Amerien "Eurage vin more epocies camo to the island
Victoria B.C. than were able to establish them- selves, the more impurtant factor baing suitablo conditions for tho settlement of accidental arriva The first settlers wore doubtless scavengers, of decaying vegetable mattor the next, those fooding on living vagotable issues; and first by flying animals, drifting the latest, predaceous and parastic wood being a slower and more accasional moane of transport,
Apr. 78. 11h 54m.-Pressure creatures. The earlier collections
Diapersal by ocean currørte,
bas increased moderately over showed very fow species, but a
however, is clearly maro vory groat number of individuale,
important than has generally N. Japan and, with few excep. tions, bas decreased slightly to becauso, if the conditions wore
supposed. been
The an- possible, the absence of enemies
arachnide, crustaces, molluscs, ticyclone has now extend con-
the and of parasites favoured rapid sonce of torrestrial myriapoda, moderately elsewho.o
enstward. multiplication.
and earthworms on an island had .dorably TRANSPORT HY SEA.
hitherto boen generally taken as covering the whole of the north the three islands
Fresh monsoon
will previl proportion of winged creatures is evidenen of a former land con-part of the Sea.
nexion, and many hypothesos of
On
tho
Jayan
New land, therefore, is invaded
The
pre-
Mishima M.
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WEATHER REPORT.
to
81 per cont: for Krakato. $3 per en continents and former along the coast and cover the cent, for Vorlaten, and 76 per land-bridges have depended on cent. for Sebsoy. The difforonco
has probably little significance, such slender evidence.
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Dr. Dammermanı,
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FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.
Forecast.
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Formosa Channel
northern Chins Soa.
dongkong rainfall for the 24 of the hours ending at 10a.m. to-day, it cannot he supposed |
Buiterzorg Museum, to whom 0.09 uch. Total since January the tet, 19.81 Inches, against and for that a complete collection has
indebted aro We been made. But if there is any
of the 10 biological average of 7.07 inches. meaning, the less distance from study
that amongat land in the case of Sebeny is the changes, notes most likely cause. Examination the now arrivals are a certain
District. number of archaic species. Their of the animals without flight
unknown, xact province suggests a number of Interesting but their arrival within a period considerations. In 1908 no ter that must be less than half a cou- rostrial mammals had roschad Krakatao or Voristen, but by tury is a warning against assign- 1991 a house rat had not only ing gract antiquity to an island
it
arshalc contains becauso roached Krakatso, but trad
spocies. Ho also discussos tho eproad all over the island,
of tracing the possibility and both that and a country development of now species on rat wore abundant in Sebony. Thoan had probably been brought by man. Two roptiles, a python time is short and definito rosults and a varanus lizard, both strong are hardly to be expected. But the conditione are favourable swimmors, which have boon The environment is new, and
loast at arrivals
observed far out at sea, had got to Krakatao by 1907, and
two
Krakatao.
Ho admits that the
for tho first to which it was
* South CORNI of N.E. winds,
China between frosh;
H.K. & Lamooks fair
3 H'kong to Gap generally.
Rock......
4 South coast of China between H.K. & Hainan
T. F. CLAXTON, Director. Hongkong, April 7.
geckos, probably passengers on suitable thoro was room for rapid T. Murakishi, Mr. S. Merimoto, Mr. drift wood, had reached it by 1921. Elovon species of wingless
zary fine Collection of vid Japan Gubbay. Mr J. C. Hawkins, Mrinssats, four of contipodes and of and favourable variations that and Mrs. H. R. Hill, Mins A. Hill,
ints by: Kyomanau Toyokumi,
Mastors of Japan, Lock, Mr. Edw
Mr. Jang Fook, Mr. G. A. McCann, Mr. Nanak Chand, Mr. and Mrs. S.) Oshima, Mr. J. C. Strahan, Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wood, Mr. F. DEPARTED,Harold C. Train and two children, By the 5.8. Korca Maru to Japan Tackle, Mrs. Ta Hook and infant,
Hiroshige, Hokusai, and all the F. Hauss, Mr. & Mrs. J. A. millipedes, and 73 of spidors might arise.
McKoo, Mr. word found in Krakatao in 1921,; foremost Prces ranging from 50 conts to Thor. Morrison, Mr. O. E. Nelson, a much greater number than in 3000, also a very fine Collection Mr. & Mrs. J. A. Quealoy, Matr. 1908. The spiders, or at least PASSENGERS of Ivory and Wood Carving", J. 4. Quraley, Miss S. J. Quoaloy, some of them, might have been Gold laquerod boxon, Inro's and Mr. M. A. Sougak, Miss L. L.wind-blown on their rafts of
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W. Stanton Brown, Mr. Big. Hart, was the early arrival of a few Kauffman, child; and 'Infant, Mr. Mr. Eric Weber. Mr. Goo. E. Kent, Mr. Noguchi, land crustaceans, molluscs, and
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