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The foregoing summary leaves, perhaps, some features of interest untouched. The indicationsof minerals at Campbell and Antipodes Islands wera unmistakeable, but time did not permit of prospecting. I feel assured these are sufficient to warrant further exploration. Finally, I have to express my deep sense of indebtedness to Captain Fairchild and his officers, and, indeed, to the steamer's crew generally, for their courtesy and for the facilities they afforded me of becoming acquainted with the natural features of the several localities visited. The work of placing guide-posts involved taking the steamer into entirely uncharted places, and demanded at every point the most untiring vigilance and experienced seamanship. Captain Fairchild's mottoin regard to every matter connected with the service he was engaged in was not " Go on," but " Come on." I have, &c, The Hon. J. G. Ward, Minister of Marine. Jambs P. Joyce. Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given; printing (1,350 copies), £2 2s

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