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were drafted by the Editor (with the consent of the 

 authors) to meet the wishes of the Council. 



In all other cases the authors have had the usual facilities 

 for revise and correction, although in one or two instances 

 the opportunities have not been used to the full extent. 



Dr. Julian Haast's valuable paper on the Geology of 

 New Zealand having disappeared, it has been thought better 

 to avoid giving an , abstract on so important a subject, 

 in the absence of the original document, unless such could 

 be obtained direct from the author. 



The Editor begs to record his thanks to Dr. F. Mueller 

 for his revisal of the lists of donations and proceedings 

 generally, and to Professor M'Coy, of the Melbourne 

 University, and to P. H. MacGillivray, Esq., A.M., Surgeon, 

 of Sandhurst, for the revision and correction of papers 

 touching on subjects of Natural History, either living or fossil. 



The Editor in tendering his thanks to the above gentlemen 

 for assistances rendered, desires it to be distinctly understood 

 that it is for actual services rendered, without involving their 

 reputation in connection with the accuracy of the entire 

 issue, many portions of which they have not yet even seen. 



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