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CREE different organisations have recently requested infor mation from people in the ids.

The first concerns whales, r. W. H. Dawbin, Victoria Uni ity College, PO Box 196, Well m, studying the movements of les, would like reports on whale tings. The important details date and number of whales in each group, and, if possible, kind of whale. Anyone can tify the barrel-headed, blunt d sperm whale, but the others not so easy. If a whale is ided in your area, check to see her it carries any darts that have been fired into it—and details stamped on the dart.

The Director, Dominion ium, Buckland Street, Welling- NZ, would like reports of gan sighted in the Islands, ere are several gannet rookeries i the New Zealand coast, where young are hatched, but their history is something of a Bry. So chicks are being ringed an aluminium band marked i Dominion Museum.” i bird with a band comes your remove the band, flatten it and it to a small piece of card i, and post to the above address, her with details of locality, ler the bird was dead, etc. — if at all possible, a photo of ird so thaf it can be identified species. Expenses will be re d. •rofessor Sydney Chapman, Society, London, is more in ed in contacting old-timers clear memories and poor nations. He is studying as —Southern Lights, ire is an unconfirmed report such a phenomena was seen ngatabu in May. 1921. if such he case it is of considerable ific interest and the same also have been seen in the Cooks. uld anyone possess old letters or lentary evidence to support imour, or can, after 34 years, emember (a) the colour and (b) about how high and in direction the lights rose in sy, (c) about how much of rizon the lights extended along, i) whether the lights changed form during the time they invisible, they should tell the sor all about it and earn his r gratitude. ;e him care The Secretary, to overnment, Nukualofa. Tonga.

Queen has approved the use name for six mobile clinics t for Papua-New Guinea h the Coronation Trust