RECORDS AND BULLETIN OF THE AUCKLAND INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM 
Instructions for Authors 
The Records and Bulletins contain the results of original research dealing with material in 
the collections of the Museum, and research carried out by members of the Museum staff in 
their particular subjects. The fields covered are usually anthropology (archaeology and 
ethnology), botany, geology and zoology, although any aspect of the Museum’s work and 
collections may be included. 
Before completion of a manuscript, authors should refer to papers on a similar subject in 
the most recently published volume for detail of format required. Any doubts should be referred 
to the Editor. Standard rules for scientific papers and taxonomy apply; an acceptable guide for 
style is the New Zealand Government Printing Office Style Book (1981 edition). 
Manuscripts should be typed, double-spaced on one side of white International A4 or foolscap 
sheets, with a 2.5 cm (or ] inch) margin on both sides of page. Two copies of text are required, 
second copies of figures are preferred but not demanded. Manuscripts should not be in booklet 
form, but supplied with figures, figure captions, tables with captions above, all separate, with 
only an indication of position required in the text, 
Abstracts are required except for brief papers with adequate title. 
Figures (particularly groups of figures) and tables should be composed to page 
proportions, with due regard to saving space, and must be supplied ready for reduction (where 
necessary) to the printed page size or less (allowing for captions — above tables, below figures), 
preferably upright on page but sideways on page accepted (where necessary). Figures for 
fold-outs will only be allowed in special circumstances. Individual figures (whether grouped or 
not) should be numbered consecutively in arabic numerals (not la, b, c, etc) regardless of 
whether they are photographs or line drawings. Figures and tables must be referred to in the text 
and should be numbered in order of reference where possible. 
All measurements must be given in metric (SI) units; equivalents in other units may be 
given in parenthesis. 
Entries listed under “References” must be referred to in the text; this may not be necessary 
for a “Bibliography” or “Selected Bibliography” provided such listing is explained in the text. 
Book titles need not be abbreviated but names of journals should be abbreviated to known 
standards (as in “The world list of scientific periodicals” 4th edition, oras in the journal itself, or 
by a combination of recognised abbreviations), but need not be over-abbreviated. Names of 
countries may be abbreviated but those of cities or provinces are preferred not abbreviated. 
English titles of books and papers should be in lower case except for the first letter of names, but 
names of journals should have all major words beginning with a capital letter. Those of foreign 
languages should have capital letter usage of the language concerned. 
Authors are responsible for the accuracy of theirdata, references and quotations, for their 
conclusions and remarks, and also for corrections to proofs. Authors (whether single or joint) 
will receive 50 free offprints each. 
Papers may be offered to the Editor at any time but those received for the Records after 
31st March of any year may not be considered for publication that year. All papers will be 
submitted to the Editorial Committee and may be submitted to a referee. 
