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The attention of Secretaries of incorporated Societies is again directed to the necessity of forwarding manuscript in an easily readable form, because, owing to impossibility of referring questions of doubt as to particular rendering of words and sentences to the authors, in some cases it is very difficult to arrive at an author's meaning, and the publishers cannot keep the type standing for any length of time without being subject to considerable loss. It must be borne in mind that a work of a scientific character, treating of so many different subjects, and in the present volume consisting of fifty-seven different articles (in few cases revised by the authors), is far more likely to contain errors than a work by one person, who is also generally his own editor. It is desired that all papers for the present year, 1876, should be forwarded to the Manager, before the 31st December, if it is wished that they should appear in the next volume. The number of volumes now on hand is as follows-.—Vol. 1., second edition, 560 copies ; Vol. 11., 13 copies; Vol. 111., 10 copies; Vol. IV., 14 copies; Vol. V., 87 copies; Vol. VI., 78 copies; Vol. VII., 221 copies ; Vol. VIII., 30 copies. The statement of the accounts of the Institute by the Honorary Treasurer is herewith appended, in which is shown a balance in hand of £21S 4s. 4d. The Governors have received applications from large numbers of scientific bodies in Europe and America for exchange of the Transactions of the Institute for their own publications, and are of opinion that it would be advantageous to the colony that such applications should, if possible, be acceded to. But as the fuuds at the disposal of the Governors render it difficult to carry this out, they venture to suggest that the annual grant should be increased by the sum of £100, which would enable them to comply with the requests made to them. The progress reports of various departments under the Manager are also appended. No. Feee List foe Issue or the Teansactions. Copies. 1 His Excellency the Governor, President of the Society. , 12 Governors of the Institute. (See printed list in Transactions.) 22 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.* 1 The Eoyal Geographical Society, London.* 1 Ethnological Society, London.* 1 Geological Society, London.* 1 Zoological Society, London.* 1 Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, London.* 1 Geological Magazine. (For Eeview.) 1 Literary Institute, Norwich, England.* 1 The University Library, Edinburgh.* 1 The Eoyal Society, Dublin.* 1 The Philosophical Society of Leeds, England.* 1 Smithsonian Institute, Washington.* 1 Geological Survey of India.* 1 Eoyal Society of Tasmania Library.* 1 The Public Library of Melbourne. 1 South Australian Institute Library.* 1 Eoyal Society of Victoria, Melbourne.* 1 University Library, Sydney. 1 Public Library of Tasmania. 1 Legislative Library, Adelaide. 1 Public Library, Sydney. 1 Eoyal Society, New South Wales.* 1 Academy of Natural Science Library, Philadelphia, U.S.* 1 Academy of Natural Science, San Francisco.* 1 Oxford University Library, England. 1 Imperial German Academy of Naturalists, Dresden.* 1 Cambridge University Library, England. 1 Linnean Society.* 1 Eoyal Society, Edinburgh. 1 Edinburgh Geological Society. 1 Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. * Exchanges.

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