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Notes on the preparation of Preliminary Reports 
Typing procedures 
1. Early drafts should be on reasonably good quality, standard 
size type-writer paper. 
2. Double space entire manuscript. 
3. Indent all paragraphs at least 5 spaces 
4. Margins should be at least 1- l/2 inches at top of page 
and 1 inch at sides and bottom 
5. Page and chapter numbers should appear in the upper right 
corner of the page together with a portion of the title of 
the report, or as in examples below: 
Sand Island Il/2 or at sea III /5 
6. In early drafts Headings may be captilized or underscored, 
however the writer prefers, but in final draft Headings 
■A 
require 4 spaces above and 3 spaces below to set them off 
from the text and should not be captilized or underscored. 
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