VERY SPECIAL. 



The delay in the issue of Vol. 28, now 

 completed, is much regretted. It has been due 

 to unavoidable circumstances ; it is therefore 

 hoped that it will kindly be excused by all. 



This delay has not been without its 

 advantages, as it has enabled several foreign 

 and other Members to bring forward import- 

 ant points connected with the papers and 

 discussions which must otherwise have been 

 omitted from the volume. 



