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Mr. Hamilton moved, and Mr. Young seconded, " That the 

 same committee as in the previous case be appointed to revise 

 the exchange list." Carried. 



Mr. Petrie moved, and Mr. Tregear seconded, " That Mr. 

 T. F. Cheeseman's name be added to the previous committee." 

 Carried. 



Mr. Hamilton moved, and Professor Chilton seconded, " That 

 the volumes of the Transactions not required at present be stored 

 with the earlier volumes in the Parliamentary Library." 

 Carried . 



Mr. Chapman moved, and Professor Easterfield seconded, 

 " That the stored numbers of the Transactions be insured." 

 Carried. 



Mr. Chapman moved, and Mr. Hamilton seconded, " That 

 the amount of such insurance be £500." Carried. 



Mr. Hill moved, and Mr. Young seconded, " That the books 

 belonging to the New Zealand Institute now stored in the 

 Museum buildings be insured for a sum not exceeding £2,000, 

 at a rate to be approved by the Library Committee." Carried. 



Report of Publication Committee and of Editor. — The Publica- 

 tion Committee's report was read and adopted. The Editor's 

 report was also read and received. The Publication Committee's 

 report was as follows : — 



The Publication Committee report that they held three meetings for 

 the consideration of various matters connected with the Transactions. 

 Two papers were referred back to their authors for revision and alteration 

 of plates, and the committee suggest that authors be requested to make 

 their papers as concise as possible. 



At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Institute the Publication 

 Committee were requested to draw up a series of " hints for authors " for 

 the information of members of the Institute. A copy of this circular 

 has been placed at the beginning of each volume of the Transactions. 



The question of printing the Proceedings in pamphlet form during 

 the course of the session, together with abstracts of scientific papers 

 relating to various branches of science in the colony, was referred to the 

 committee. The committee have considered the matter, and they ar« 

 of the opinion that it would be highly desirable to have summaries of 

 scientific papers appearing in various publications prepared for circula- 

 tion, provided that experts in each branch of science would undertake to 

 provide the proposed abstracts, and if they were done on the same lines 

 as the " International Rides of Botanical Nomenclature " prepared by 

 Mr. Maiden, in the last volume of the " Journal of the Royal Society of 

 New South Wales." 



With regard to the publication during the course of the session of the 

 Proceedings of the vafious societies, the committee is of opinion that the 

 local Press usually publish all the information which it would be desirable 

 to print for distribution. 



Taking into consideration the cost of printing the plates and tables, 

 the committee decided not to publish in the volume the seismological 

 returns, and, in accordance with the views of the Council expressed at the 

 last annual meeting, it suggested to the Government that the seismological 

 returns be published in the Gazette. 



