il. 
It is proposed to continue the practice of printing short 
Notes where space allows, and the committee will be happy to 
receive communications of this nature from members of the 
Society and others. 
Among the papers which it is hoped will appear in the near 
future are a ‘Catalogue of the Shells of Lifu,’ by Messrs. 
Melvill and Standen, containing descriptions and figures of new 
species, and a ‘Monograph of the British Odostomie,’ with 
figures of all the species, by Dr. G. W. Chaster. 
The ExcHANGE CoLumn recently inaugurated will be 
continued, and will for the present be open free to members of 
the Society, and to others on payment of a small fee. It is also 
proposed to institute an ENQuiry CoLuMN in the hope that 
members may be induced to facilitate each other’s studies by the 
communication of scraps of knowledge. 
In conclusion it may be allowable to remind the members 
of the Society that the Journal having now become their 
property, each one incurs a certain amount of responsibility for 
its successful continuance, and it is hoped that all will co-operate 
in carrying on its useful work. 
H. CROWTHER, 
EpwarD COLLIER, 
R. D. DARBISHIRE, 
W. E. Hovte (£ditor), 
R. BULLEN NEWTON, 
Committee of 
Publication. 
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