NOTE. 



The Editors much regret that tlie Volume has not been pub- 

 lished earlier, the delay, however, has been due to causes 

 beyond their control ; in the first instance much loss of time 

 was due to the absence of sufficient funds to defray the cost 

 of printing, the balance left over after paying the expenses of 

 the Meeting having proved to be inadequate for that purpose. 

 The expenditure attendant upon the formation and organiza- 

 tion of the first Meeting was necessarily heavier than it is 

 expected it will be for future Meetings, now that the Associa- 

 tion is fully organized and has an assured Membership. The 

 publication of the Volume was found by the Council to be 

 possible only on the condition that certain Members should 

 make themselves personally responsible for the expenses 

 incurred, which was done by seven of them. 



The delay has also been partly due to the fact that 

 the Volume proved to be much larger than was at first 

 anticipated, and to other causes which need not be specifically 

 mentioned. 



Sydney, 

 September, 1889. 



