PREFACH, 
Tuer Editor acknowledges with thanks the assistance he has received from the following 
gentlemen in revising the proofs of their payon :—viz., Messrs. Carruthers, J. T. Thom- 
son, Buller, T. Kirk, Buchanan, and T. W. Kirk. : 
For the Meteorological Statisties, and the illustrations, the thanks of the Board are 
due to Messrs. Gore and Buchanan respectively, ard to Messrs. McColl and Earle of the 
lithographic department, who, by permission of the Hon. Colonial Secretary, completed 
the preparation of the plates. 
