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Death of British Botanist in Papua
From Our Own Correspondent
Port Moresby, June 6.
THE death of Mr. B. C. Carr, the well known botanist of the British Museum, occurred in the European Hospital, Port Moresby, early on June 3, from black water fever.
Mr. Carr, who was completing his flora collection near Kokoda, Northern Divi sion, was taken seriously ill and carried in an unconscious condition into the Gov ernment station on May 29. Communica tion was immediately established by air with Port Moresby and Wau, and the fol lowing day the patient was brought in to Port Moresby from the Yodda ’drome by Guinea Airways’ plane.
The late Mr. Carr arrived in Papua in January last year to make a complete collection of all forms of plant life for the British Museum. Before proceeding to Kokoda, Mr. Carr had completed his collection of the flora of both the Kanosia and Sogeri districts.