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 ; — 



and that papers are forwarded to the editor of the Trans- 

 actions as soon as they are read. 



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 postal address is not indorsed on his 

 paper must not expect to receive proofs for revision. 



Corrected proofs miist be promptly returned by the author, 

 otherwise the editor cannot be responsible for authors' cor- 

 rections being made. Material alterations should not be in- 

 serted, 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 

 title of the plate. 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 descrip- 

 tions should be numbered to correspond. 



The 1st January is the latest date at which papers can be 

 received for publication in the Transactions. 



A. Hamilton, 



Editor. 



