dried take a polish equal almost to that of stone, and are much employed for the making of sleeve-buttons and the like. They use their vertebrææ, or backbone, for canes, an iron or steel rod being run down the centre, and the side openings being filled with mother-of-pearl. In China sharkfins form an article of food. The teeth are in demand in the Pacific Isles, where they are made into swords, daggers, spear-heads, and many other weapons. Their edges are jagged like a saw, and inflict fearful wounds. Curious Willow trees. On the Pribylov Islands, already referred to, is found a curious willow-tree, called the "talnuk," of which there are three species. One grows exactly as a cucumber vine. As soon as it has sprouted six inches or so upwards from the soil, it then droops over, and creeps prostrate along the earth and rocks. Some of the largest talnuk trunks measure eight or ten feet in length upon the ground, being as large round the stump as the waist of a man. The general size, however, but it supplies all that is needed in a tropical country in the way of nest, the birds being removed to the bamboo-thatched huts of the natives whenever there is necessity for their being kept under shelter. These roosts are usually erected by the side of the roadway, and being met with at frequent intervals, they form an attractive feature in the landscape. Indeed, nothing more suggestive of the dreamy life led by the inhabitants of tropical countries could be conceived than A PIGEON-ROOST IN BUGA. is much smaller; while the two other species scarcely ever attain the diameter of a pencil or the length of two feet. A Pigeon-roost in Buga. As will be seen from the engraving, the pigeonperches common in Buga, in South America, are very different from the lofts and cots generally used in this country. They are odd-looking structures, but serve their purpose well enough. The material of which they are built is bamboo, and the roost consists of two strong upright poles set up a short distance apart, and joined together at the top by a thinner pole, across which are suspended a couple of V-shaped frames. This completes the perch; a peep at Buga under the blaze of the noonday sun. The natives are either indoors or else enjoying a siesta under the verandah of their humble dwellings; all around are heard strange noises unknown in colder climes, and birds of brilliant plumage flit here and there, while a delicious perfume of fruit and flowers and the winning "coo" of our pigeon friends fill the air. Hanoverian These medals, as I dare say many readers are aware, are sold by toydealers for use as counters in certain parlour games. They bear on one side the image of the Queen, with the words "Victoria Regina," and on the other an equestrian figure, and the inscription, "To Hanover," with the date, 1837-hence their popular name. The DeputyMaster of the Mint, in a recent report, urges that the manufacture and sale of these medals should be prohibited by Act of Parliament, in consequence of their giving rise to a considerable amount of crime. For though their resemblance to sovereigns is very slight, and their weight is much lighter, no fewer than thirty prosecutions of adults and children took place last year in the United Kingdom for the offence of "uttering"-that is, for trying to pass -these Hanoverian medals as sovereigns. The sooner such an Act is in force the better. "What is your name?" said Ethel, bending down; but the tiny girl only put her finger in her mouth, and her sister answered "She's named Mary, but we call her Polly, miss." "Then here's another Polly!" said Ethel, laughing, and she showed them the parrot, who looked very old and very grave as the children watched it holding a dainty bit in its claws. "He isn't greedy, like the dog, miss," said Polly's sister, smiling. "No; Rover has been a naughty boy to-day; and here he comes, so I shall make him beg Polly's pardon!" said Ethel. Rover slowly pushed open the door, and as he knew he had done wrong, his tail hung down very sadly. He looked at the little girl he had robbed, and then crept to Ethel's feet. "Bad boy! for shame to steal little girls' cakes!" cried Ethel. Rover crawled a little closer, and looked up i wistfully. "You are sorry? very well then, sit up and beg her pardon!" Polly's laugh was very merry when Rover sat up before her, and waved his paw up and down to make her shake hands! When they laughed, Rover saw the worst was over, and he galloped round the room, giving short barks of great delight. "Bad dog! Noisy dog!" croaked the parrot, looking solemnly down on the children. MINNIE DOUGLAS. 9879 Frances Garrett ..15 9957 F. Rowland 9871 Wilfrid Shuker 14 9949 Albert E. Bennett, Worcester Park 9872 Eleanor K. Collinson, Ewhurst 5 9873 Nina M. Armstrong, Guildford 8 9950 ALICE M. M. FRENCH, Bristol 9874 Eleanor M. Armstrong 15 9951 Hermione Harding 9875 Charles D. Rutter, Putney .. 12 9952 Catherine D. Price 9876 IRENE M. N. G. G.TRENERRY, 9877 Kate Highman, Bristol 9885 J. E. Callow 9886 Beatrice E. Chillcott, Bristol 9887 Matilda M. Ghey 9888 Kathleen E. R. Ghey 9889 Charles W. England 9890 Amy Bishop, Bedminster 9891 Clara Bishop 9892 William L. Olive, Bristol 9893 Alice E. Olive 9894 Amy G. Bowman 9895 Sydney Everett, Bedminster 9896 Hubert S. Everett 9898 Annie Olding, Bristol 9953 Jennie Adams 13 9954 Cora Blick 14 9958 J. Daniel, Swindon 14 9960 Maud Uyne .. .. 12 9961 Maria Williams, Wrington 15 9962 Alice Lobb, Bristol 13 9963 Caroline Langmaid.. 14 9964 Alice Helmore 8 9966 H. T. S. Bond, Witney 17 9969 Rosa Lobb 8 9970 Alice Fairchild 11 9971 Ethel F. Lobb 18 9972 Eliz. A. Brackstone.. 12 9973 Ida Lloyd 7 9974 Julia R.J. Pearson 11 9975 Alice Morrison 7 9976 E. Cutcliffe 11 9977 Mary Kemp .. 139978 Philip G. Harding .. 17 10031 Margaret Graham, St. Boswells 17 10113 William D. Miller 19 10035 Daisy Hall, Eccles 12 10036 Mabel A. Hignett, Blackburn.. 19 10037 Mary Leigh 15 10038 Harriet Morris 7 10117 Marion Wyllie .. 10 10124 MAUDE. R.GOUGH, Marazion 13 8 10125 William Lanyon ..1310127 Thomas Wills 15 10047 Catherine P. M. Tod, Glasgow 14 10129 Edwin Gilbert 14 10048 Andrew Tod 810049 Ada G. Thwaites, Blackburn.. 14 10050 Esther G. Thwaites 11 10051 Muriel M. H. Vernon 8 10052 Esther D. H. Vernon 13 10053 Mary K. H. Vernon 18 10054 Josephine M. H.Vernon,, .. 12 10056 James Wilson 12 10130 Caroline I. Jame 15 10131 William Bartlett 9 10132 Bessie Semmons 12 10133 John B. Eddey 10 10134 Mary Michell 610135 Maria Prisk 4 10136 Richard Mills 14 10137 Henry Jago 13 10138 William F. Phillips .. 11 10139 John Bennett 9 10140 Philip J. Truscott 10030 Sarah N. Gardener 19 10112 Robert Gray 8 13 17 10032 Agnes Graham 15 10114 Bertha Grant 15 10033 Helen Graham 910115 Georgina Donaldson,. 13 10 10034 Harry Graham 8 10116 James Hamilton 9 10118 Jane Wyllie 16 10119 Robert Robson, Haltwistle 10141 John Laity, 10142 Thomas Williams 10143 James Reynolds 10144 Robert Beare 10145 Harry Gibbs 10146 George Mitchell 10147 James T. Beckerleg 10148 James W. Marks 10149 Thomas R. Bryant 10156 Richard W. Johns 10151 George Bateman 1152 John G. Bateman 10133 Charles E. Beckerleg 10154 William Bennett 10155 William F. Edwards 10156 William Oats 10157 Henry Skewes 10138 Mary E. Reynolds 10159 Kate M. Reynolds 10160 Richard Rodda 10161 Joseph Ivey 10162 Mary C. Willias 10163 Janie Cornish 1664 Catherine Ivey 10165 Emma J. Ivey 10166 Mary Harris 10167 Minnie Beare 168 Annie Johns 10169 Kate Wills 10170 Esther Wills 10171 William Sankin 10172 Susan M. Berryman 10173 Jane Bennett 10174 Mabel Oliver 10175 Thomas Symons 10176 Maud Beckerleg 10177 Francis Lanyon 10178 John Angove 19179 Richard Perry 10180 George Thomas 10181 James Harris 10182 William Launder 10183 John Thomas 10184 Alfred Bryant 10185 William J. Carter 1018 William Rodda 10187 George Beare 10188 George Phillips 10189 Joseph Badge 101go John Rodda 10191 Thomas J. Hosking 10192 Joseph Phillips 10193 Richard Treverrow 10194 Andrew Hewett 10195 Annie Treverrow 10196 Alice Johns 1197 Lucy Oliver Iorg Rosa Ford 10199 William Angove 1200 Grace Thomas Marazion 10201 Mary A. C. Barrett, Charlton 10202 Emma J. Smith, Nottingham 10203 Eva Smith AGE 810252 Louisa Birch, W. Dulwich 716253 Elizabeth Birch 710254 Fannie A. Laing, L. 'Norwood 11 810255 Gertrude Bamber, W. Dulwich 7 14 10256 Ethel Pain 810257 Agnes Young, Dulwich AGE 7 10368 Edith Tyler, Slough 10369 Maude Waghorn 1070 Marian A. Probert 12 10480 ThomasGibbins, Weston-super15 Mare 1110481 Winifred Price, Weston-super II 10371 Maude M. Hopkinson Mare 14 10372 Florence A. Kerr 9 16 10373 Anne de B. Melville 13 10482 James E. Grace, Weston-super Mare 10374 Kate Monteith 15 10375 Edith M. Hamper 12 10376 Lucy M. Cuckinore 10377 María L. Clase 710262 Elizabeth Coombs 16 10378 Maude M.L.Summerbell, 11 10263 Annie Munro, W. Dulwich 15 10379 Ida E. Howitt 10264 ELIZ, P. KAY, Rothesay (N.B.) 10265 Robert Brown 10 10380 Elizabeth A. Theobald 15 10381 Pauline M. de Wet 9 10266 J. Anderson 12 10267 M. Donald 11 10258 Mabel L. Dunstan, W. Dulwich 7 15 10268 M. Laurie 10 10269 W. Laurie 910270 G. Halliday 910271 N. L. Pendreigh 1110272 E. Pendreigh 710273 J. Waugh 10 10274 J. Waugh 710275J. Waugh 14 10276 L. Kelly 10 10277 J. Whiteford 15 10278 J. Lyle 15 10279 R. Lyle 10285 J. Whiteford 9 10281 John Whiteford 10282 R. Whiteford 14 10283 W. Lyle 12 10284 J. Lyle 1110285 A. Lyle 9 10286 J. Pendreigh 10 10287 M. Pendreigh 8 10288 M. J. Dewar 10 10289 Mary Clark 1510290 Justina P. Melville 910291 Margaret McIntosh 12 10292 Alice J. Melville 14 10293 Lily Innes 1310294 Christina Innes 710295 S. Melville 13 10296 Jessie Macnab 1310297 Elizabeth Macnab 1410298 John Macnab 14 10299 Christina Macnab 10 to 300 William Macnal 15 1001 Albert Mellis 10302 John Gibson II 10303 Gilbert Mcllwraith 10304 William Allan 910305 Robert Service 610306 James Faulds 910307 John Mair 810308 Charles Graham 13 10309 Samuel Reef 8 10310 Margaret Taylor 10 1031 James Smith 13 10312 Ellen McFarlane 15 10313 Rachel McLeod 10 10314 Joseph Hopewell 10204 Frances A. M. Nash, Reading 12 10315 Margaret McLean 1905 Blanche M. Scroggs, Kidlington 910316 Thomas Whyte 1206 Gwendoline Trentham, Launceston 10207 Sarah J. Southgate, Wells, 10268 Clara L. Southgate 10317 Agnes Campbell 1710318 Archibald Darroch 10319 Douglas Bell 13 10320 Sarah McNeil 10321 Mary Devine 11 10322 Rebecca Pearce 10323 William Wilson 10324 Mary Kafferty 810320 ETHEL R. SCOTT, Slough 13 10327 Edna White 10211 Lionel W. Evans, Chichester II 16212 Lillie M. Evans 1:213 EDITH C. BEVAN, W. Dulwich F214 William H. Birch 1215 Archibald C. Matthews, U.Norwood 1216 Archibald Bevan, W. Dulwich 1217 Cyril H. Summers 13.18 Archibald R. J. Douglas, E. Dulwich 1310328 Florence K. Kerswell, Slough 1029 Elizabeth Meaden 12 10330 Mabel V. Watts 8 10331 Emina B. Burnside 1110334 Lauretta R. Galloway 10333 Nellie M. Coate 10334 Clara E. Hart 10335 Jennetta H. Smith 10336 Emily Shales 10337 Helen M, Gray 10219 John Cobbling, Camberwell ..10 10226 Bernard M. Dunstan, W. Dulwich 5 10221 Frederick C. Bevan 1222 Harold Gledstone, Tulse Hill 13 10338 Florence A. Bedwell 1223 Percy M. Dunstan, W, Dulwich 10 10339 Minnie V. King 19224 Frederick Baker 10225 Sidney T. Gordon 125 T. Coppinger, Upland Rd., L. 10227 Frank M. Dunstan, W. Dulwich 10228 Walter L. Tart, S. Norwood 10229 Harold Calcutt I Sidney Chalmers, Penge 10231 Lillie Laing, L. Norwood Jay E. M. Doudney, W. Dulwich 10233 Annie Cheffins 10234 Florence Doudney 10235 Ethel Cheffins 10236 Eva Cheffins 10257 Franceline Braune 102 Marion Birch 102 Kate Walter 1010340 Kate L. Scott 5 10341 Louisa Hitchcock 10342 Frances C. Park 9 10343 Clara E. Marlow 7 10344 Fanny Young 10345 Ethel Green .. 14 10346 Bertha A. Gunton 12 10347 Annie C. Singleton 16 10348 Gertrude Aylward 14 10349 Lilian Jones 110350 Henrietta Veillard 10 10351 Gertrude Cavan 810352 Mary Jones 17 10353 Grace Gibbons 9 10354 Lucie Peele 13 10355 Kate C. Kelk 7 10356 Agnes G. Dawson 15 10357 Lilian L. Orchard 1110358 May Carter 10240 Lily Hollings, S. Norwood 1241 Louisa S. Lawford, W.Dulwich 1242 Frances M. M. Ormiston,, 10243 Ruth H. Lane 13 10359 Annie Gunton 19244 Mathilda Gauditz, Dulwich ..18 10360 Frances Morley 245 Lucy Yoxall, W. Dulwich .. 1810361 Margaret A. Baxter 10246 May Gledstone, Tulse Hill 1410362 Catherine M. Wigg 10247 Margaret Hollings, S. Norwood 13 10363 Alice C. Baily 1248 Amy Doudney, W. Dulwich 1310364 Cathie Cooper 10249 Edith E. J. Laing, L. Norwood 9 10365 Beatrice Haviland 10250 Quecnie Milner, U. Norwood 12 10366 Annie I. Beasley 10251 Amy Bamber, W. Dulwich .. 1110367 Annie Knott 810382 GRACE MARTIN, Crawley 14 10383 Alice Wilkinson II 10388 Louisa Bridger, Crawley 10 10390 Clara Bowers, Crawley 810391 Esther Bridger 15 10392 Alice Penfold, Ifield 14 10393 Ellen Fuller 14 10394 Amelia Heaver, Crawley 710395 George Charman, Ifield 12 10396 Kate Cook 610397 Sarah Deadman 10 10398 William Edwards 10 10399 Harriet Till, Crawley 11 10400 Charles Thornton, Ifield 16 10401 Arthur Ford 16 10402 Clara Collison 1310403 William Homewood, Crawley 11 10404 Florence Etheridge 10 10405 Emily Penfold 11 10406 Elsie Denman 11 10407 Eliza Ward 9 10408 Eliza Jones 11 10409 Annie Denman, Ifield 810410 Elizabeth Pickard, Crawley 8 10411 Mary Patching, Ifield 14 10412 Esther Holder 13 10413 Alfred Hilder 15 10418 Annie Jones, Crawley 14 10419 Alice Tyler 14 10420 Annie Edwards, Ifield 1410454 Ethel Hogg, Stroud' 910455 William H. Wood, Newent 13 10456 Emily A. Wood 14 10457 Charles Priday, Hempsted 14 10458 Amy Crockford 10 10459 Elizabeth Taylor 15 10460 Frank Hogg, Stroud 14 10461 Samuel Crockford, Hempsted 12 10462 Edwin Stephens 10532 Mary J. Duckworth 10 10533 Eveline Garrett 12 10534 Richard Stansfield .. 1110536 John Hill, Aston 13 10463 May Nicholson, Hereford II 10464 Chas. H. Nicholson, Hereford 13 10465 Lucy J. Tunstall, Birmingham 14 10466 Alice Chamberlain, Alcester.. 13 10467 Charles H. J. Baldock, Tunbridge Wells 14 .. ΙΟ 12 8 10537 George H. Davies, Aston .. 18 3 10538 Ethel M.M. Mackenzie, Harley 7 St., L. 13 5 10539 Beatrice Pople, Sturminster 9 Newton 14 910540 Cecily Pople, Sturminster New 12 10468 Edwin Middleton, Aberdeen.. 8 13 10471 Jennie Jeffrey 10 10549 Florence Asbury, Kilburn .. 1210550 Alfred Asbury II 10473 Kate Walker, Green St., L. 11 10553 Alice M. Asbury 11 10470 Elizabeth Middleton 14 13 10472 Elizabeth Jeffrey 9 10551 R. Hurditch, St. John's Wood 7 710552 Edith J. Asbury, Kilburn 17 .. 12 .. 10 10554 Louisa A. Asbury 15 16555 Percy Hurditch, St. John's Wood 13 10556 Philip Hurditch 10557 Gertrude Hurditch,. 9 31 .. 13 12 10558 Blanche Hawkes "" 10559 Rose Hawkes 10560 Nellie R. Henderson,, 10561 Elizabeth Edwards, Kilburn 11 13 16 14 14 10475 Sarah Caudle, Victoria Park, L. 11 12 14 10479 Henry E. Grace, Weston-super |