PREFACE. 
Tur Editor begs to acknowledge assistance afforded by the following gentlemen in 
revising their papers for this volume :— viz., Messrs. Carruthers, Higginson, Buller, 
Newman, Skey, and Travers. Most of the proofs of Mr. Kirk's papers were also corrected 
by him, while Mr. Stack corrected his map and genealogies, and Mr. Cockburn-Hood 
sent his paper in print with corrections marked thereon. 
The paper on the Botany of New Zealand, by Mr. Kirk, which appears in the 
Appendix, was reserved by the author for completion, on receipt of certain works of 
reference, until too late for insertion in its proper place in the volume. 
The thanks of the Board are due to Mr. Gore for the preparation of the usual 
Meteorological Abstracts in advance of the annual statistics, and to Mr. Buchanan, 
draftsman, and Mr. Deveril, of the photo-lithographic department, for their valuable 
assistance in the illustration of the volume; and to Mr. Earle, who, by permission of the 
Hon. the Colonial Secretary, was allowed to print the plates at the Government litho- 
graphic establishment. 
Attention has to be drawn to the fact that, subsequent to the publication of Volume 
IX., a supplement to that volume was published in July, containing the Proceedings for 
that year, and an Appendix containing several important papers that had been held over. 
