4 EMBERS of the ares and Societies in correspondence with it, 
e- M would confer a great favor,, if they would send to the Council, for 
& distribution to Scientific Institutions whose sets of the Institute's publications 
4 are incomplete, any. duplicate or otber spare copies which they: may possess 
“of back numbers of its Proceedings and Transactions. They should be 
: addressed : The Secretary of the N. S. lustitute of Science, Halifax, Nova 
c oe: 
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lon THE attention 
of members of the Institute is dirccted to the following 
recommendations of the British Association. Committee on 
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# Zoological 
_ Bibliography and Publications :— 
3 
““That authors’ separate copies should not be distributed privately 
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, 
3 while keeping the title as concise as possible. 
. 
“That new species should be properly diagnosed and figured when 
- possible. 
““That new names should not be proposed in irrelevant footnotes, or 
anonymous paragraphs. 
_“ That references to previous publications should be made fully and 
i correctly, if possible in accordance with one of the recognized sets of 
rules of quotation, such as that recently adopted by the French Zoological 
