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INTRODUCTORY. 



now completed for publishing the paart written in European 

 languages in an issue entirely separate from the purely Japanese 

 text of the Magazine. The latter will now go on, containing 

 simply articles in our own language, and will be intended for 

 internal circulation, with its original twofold object. The present 

 publication will take the place of the foreign language part, and 

 will be primarily for the purpose of making the progress of Zoology 

 in Japan known abroad. It will be distributed among laboratories, 

 museums, educational institutions, and various societies of different 

 countries, much more extensively than was attempted with the 

 Zoological Magazine. We regret that the limited funds at out- 

 command do not allow us to publish at as much length, or to make 

 use of as good plates, as we desire, but it is hoped that in time 

 there will be a marked improvement. For the present, the 

 Annotations will be issued quarterly, four numbers constituting 

 an annual volume. 



In future, therefore, zoologists of other countries may look 

 for contributions to their science from Japanese sources in two 

 publications : — for more extensive or monographic works in the 

 Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University, and for 

 shorter, less formal or preliminary notices in the present periodical.* 



On behalf of my fellow-zoologists of Japan, I should like to 

 make here an earnest appeal to societies, institutions and indivi- 

 duals, the world over, to help us in our efforts, by sending their 

 publications to us. We who are so far from the centers of our 



• * There are some other publications in which papers on zoological subjects are 

 published from time to time, for instance, Bulletin of the College of Agriculture, 

 Imp. Univ. It is our intention to call attention to them in this journal, when- 

 ever occasion arises. 



