INTEODUCTORY NOTE, 



At the annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the New Zealand 

 Institute, held in WeUington on the 30th January, 1908, it was resolved, 

 inter alia, — 



That the forty-first volume be the first of a new series. 



That the forty-first volume consist of two separately pubUshed parts. 

 Part I to contain the scientific papers, plates, and index ; Part II to 

 contain, — 



A. Annual address of the President of the Institute. 



B. The Proceedings of the societies, and presidential addresses. 



C. Short abstracts of papers not printed in full. 



D. Summaries of scientific papers appearing in other pubHcations 



on matters of interest to New Zealand science, prepared by 

 specialists, and lists of the scientific pubhcations issued by 

 the Departments of Agriculture, Chemistry, &c., during the 

 year. 



E. Instructions to writers of papers. 



F. Report of the annual meeting of the Institute, Avith balance- 



sheets. 



G. The New Zealand Institute Act. 



H. Regulations of the Hutton Memorial Fund. 



Annual report on the same. 



Report on the Hector Memorial Fund. 



Report on Carter Bequest. 

 I. Obituary notices of honorary members and members of local 



societies. 

 J. Meteorological returns and diagrams. 

 K. Seismological returns and diagrams. 



In accordance with these resolutions, the forthcoming Vol. xli, com- 

 mencing a new series, is being pubUshed in a slightly enlarged form — 

 viz., royal 8vo, instead of demy 8vo, which was the size of the preceding 

 series. 



