Circular. 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



Secretaries of societies are requested to see that each paper 

 read is indorsed with — 



(1.) The date of reading ; 

 (2.) The name of author; 

 (3.) The postal address of author. 



The mail arrangements of the colony are now so complete 

 that, in cases where it is thought desirable, proofs can be 

 generally sent to authors for revision, provided the author's 

 postal address is indorsed on the manuscript. 



Any author whose address is not indorsed on his paper 

 must not expect to receive proofs for revision. 



Corrected proofs must be promptly returned by the author, 

 otherwise the editor cannot be responsible for authors' cor- 

 rections being applied. Material alterations should not be 

 inserted, but in important cases, where the rights of others are 

 not specially affected, addenda may be made. 



Illustrations should be prepared so that they can be repro- 

 duced by photo-lithography or by process blocks. The size 

 should be 7 in. by 4 in., or a multiple thereof, that being the 

 size of the plates as published. If the originals, either draw- 

 ings or photographs, have not such proportions, great extra 

 expense is incurred, and the result is often not satisfactory. 

 The name of the author should always be written on the back 

 of the original drawing or photograph, together with the 

 subject. The full description for letterpress should be written 

 on a separate sheet, and not on the illustration itself ; and 

 the illustrations (if more than one) and descriptions should be 



similarly numbered. 



James Hector, 



Manager. 



