MEMBERS of the Institute, and Societies in correspondence with it, 

 would confer a great favour, if they would send to the Council, for 

 distribution to Scientific Institutions whose sets of the Institute's publications 

 are incomplete, any duplicate or other spare copies which they may possess 

 of back numbers of its Proceedings and Transactions. They should be 

 addressed : The Secretary of the N. S. Institute of Science, Halifax, Nova 

 Scotia. 



The attention of members of the Institute is directed to the following- 

 recommendations of the British Association Committee on Zoological 

 Bibliography and Publications : — 



" 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, 

 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 

 correctly, if possible in accordance with one of the recognized sets of 

 rules of quotation, such as that recently adopted by the French Zoological 

 Society." 



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