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INSTRUCTIONS. 



1. Not fewer than two specimens of each kind of plant 

 should be forwarded ; also of other objects, particularly shells, 

 insects, crabs, polyzoa, and fish, when not too bulky. In the 

 case of those plants and animals in which the sexes are in 

 different individuals, oue example at least of each sex should 

 be sent. 



2. Each specimen, or each set of specimens should be dis- 

 tinctively numbered; and the duplicate specimens retained by 

 correspondent should be numbered correspondingly. 



3. Notes on the habits, habitat, station, food, native and 

 colonial names, and other particulars should be recorded at 

 the time of observation. The memorandum referring to any 

 specimen should be docketted with a number corresponding 

 with that affixed to the specimen. 



The life history of nearly all Australian animals is meagre, and there is 

 little fear that the information which you can afford is of " no use," 

 because " too little," or is, apparently, " what every one knows." 

 Plants from districts far inland, or recently settled, are very desir- 

 able. Do not exclude from your local collection any object merely 

 because it occurs frequently or appears insignificant. 



4. Parcels not exceeding one pound in weight, nor of 

 greater dimensions than two feet by one foot, may be forwarded 

 by post (suitably protected against breakage or crushing), if 

 directed as follows : — 



Natural History Specimens, without Letter. 



From — (add name and address) 



To the 



Director of the Natural Science Section, 



Royal Society, Adelaide. 



The rate of postage is one penny for each two ounces. 



5. If a parcel be too large for transmission by post, describe 

 contents and suggest mode of transit to the Director, whose 

 advice should be awaited, so that unnecessary expense may be 

 avoided. 



6. As it is very desirable that correspondents should get 

 beyond mere collecting, the Society will endeavour to obtain 

 information touching works suitable for study or reference, 

 and in other respects will help them in completing and per- 

 fecting the scientific results of their observations. 



7. Applications for a money grant should state the amount 

 required and the mode and object of the proposed outlay. 



