7 : EMBERS of the Institute, and Societies in correspondence 
M with it, would confer a great favor if they would send 
to the Council, for distribution to Scientific Institutions whose 
- sets of the Institnte’s publications are incomplete, any duplicate 
mor other spare copies which they may possess of back numbers 
of its Proceedings and Transactions. They should be addressed : 
An ‘ The Secretary of the N. S. Institute of es Halifax, Nova 
Sy _ Scotia. 
HE attention of members of the Institute is directed to the 
following recommendations of the Committee of the British 
eS Association on Zoological Bibliography and Publication :— 
‘Be “That authors’ separate copies should not be distributed pri- 
vately before the paper has been published in the regular manner ; 
‘ “That it is desirable to express the subject of one’s paper in its 
title, while keeping the title as concise as possible. 
. “That new species should be properly diagnosed and figured 
hen possible. 
“That new names should not be proposed in irrelevant foot- 
notes, or anonymous paragraphs. 
«That porn GES to ecg a ean ‘should be made fully 
