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During the Parliamentary recess a second edition of Vol. I. was printed at the Government Printing Office, with the consent of the Government. The expense of printing this edition is to be defrayed out of the sale of the volumes. The arrangement of the second edition, Vol. 1., has been slightly altered from that of the first, and errors have been corrected. No material alteration has, however, taken place in the papers. It is advisable again to call the attention of Secretaries of incorporated Societies and of authors to the necessity of sending manuscript in an easily readable form. The observance of this rule is of advantage both to the editor and authors, as the former is saved much unnecessary trouble, and the latter insure their remarks being correctly printed. It should be remembered that a volume written in fifty or sixty different hands, and in most cases not revised in print by the authors, is more liable to error than a work by one person, who is presumably able to decipher his own writing and set the printers right. Bad writing is also a source of expense, as papers, if at all illegible, have to be copied, and again they are liable to further error in being so copied. The number of volumes now on hand is as follows :—Vol. 1., first edition, 5 copies ; Vol. 1., second edition, 600 copies; Vol. 11., 26 copies; Vol. 111., 19 copies; Vol. IV., 43 copies ; Vol. V., 80 copies ; Vol. VI., 88 copies ; Vol. VII., 260 copies. The statement of the accounts of the Institute by the Honorary Treasurer is herewith appended, and shows a balance in hand of £48 19s. lid. Progress reports of the various departments under the Manager are also appended. W. B. D. Mantell. 11th October, 1875. No- Fbee List foe issue of the Transactions. Copies. 1 Hi 3 Excellency the Governor, President of the Society. 12 Governors of the Institute. (See printed list in Transactions.) 19 Honorary members. (See printed list in Transactions.) 1 The Prime Minister. 1 The Colonial Treasurer. 1 The Native Minister. 1 The Under Colonial Secretary. 2 For Parliament. Foreign Societies, Libraries, Sfc. 1 The Colonial Office, London. 1 The Agent-General, London. 1 Triibner and Co. (Agents), London. 1 The British Museum, London. 1 The Royal Society, London. (Ex.) 1 The Eoyal Geographical Society, London. (Ex.) 1 Ethnological Society, London. (Ex.) 1 Geological Society, London. (Ex.) 1 Zoological Society, London. (Ex.) 1 Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, London. (Ex.) 1 Geological Magazine. (For Review.) 1 Literary Institute, Norwich, England. (Ex.) 1 The University Library, Edinburgh. (Ex.) 1 The Royal Society, Dublin. (Ex.) 1 The Philosophical Society of Leeds, England. (Ex.) 1 Smithsonian Institute, Washington. (Ex.) 1 Geological Survey of India. (Ex.) 1 Royal Society of Tasmania Library. (Ex.) 1 The Public Library of Melbourne. 1 South Australian Institute Library. (Ex.) 1 Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne. (Ex.) 1 University Library, Sydney. 1 Public Library of Tasmania. 1 Legislative Library, Adelaide. 1 Public Library, Sydney. 1 Royal Society, New South Wales. (Ex.) 1 Academy of Natural Science Library, Philadelphia, U.S. (Ex.) 1 Academy of Natural Science, San Francisco. (Ex.) 1 Oxford University Library, England. 1 Imperial German Academy of Naturalists, Dresden. (Ex.) 1 Cambridge University Library, England. 1 Linnean Society. (Ex.) Contributions and Exchanges. 1 His Excellency Governor Weld, Tasmania. 1 Professor Balfbur, Edinburgh. 1 Professor McCoy, Melbourne. 1 Chairman of School Library Committee, Eton, Bucks, England. 1 Chairman of School Library Committee, Harrow, England. 1 Chairman of School Library Committee, Rugby, Warwickshire, England.

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