EXPEDITION TO CAMPBELL ISLAND
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( linittTt H l' KCli, Augusl J!>. To conduet bot-uieal oliservations and to collect hcrbariiun speciinens, live plants, and seed at Campboll Islano, Mr. \V. B. Brockie, of the staff of tne Christchurch Domains Board, will joni an expedition there in November, returning in the following June. 't'lit Domains Board today approved of tiu arrangements made between the l'ubli Works Departinent and Mr. B. P. .Maiis field, director of the gardens, who liegan llie inquiries last Marcli. In a refiort, Mr. Mansfield said tn understood it was now 40 years since any detailed investigati'on of the p!an population of the Campbell Islands hau been made, and there could be no ques tion of the botanical value of a visit b\ so praetieal an observer and collector as Mr. Brockie. "The fruits of tliis ex pedition, in information and uiateriai will be of consideraible imnartance, bota ha t i'rthhlliy 'kiuT'lii f(5 riY^tTAn af 1 y , ''' ' rO^OT i ed Mr. Mansfield. "Last Saturday I re ceivfed a request from the Royal Horti pultural Society pi Eiigland for the see« of 17 species of .indigenous planl. ■ located only on Campbell and AuckJam Islands. ' '
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 August 1946, Page 7
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198EXPEDITION TO CAMPBELL ISLAND Chronicle (Levin), 21 August 1946, Page 7
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