PREFACE.
The Editor acknowledges with thanks the assistance he has received from the following gentlemen in revising the proofs of their papers:—viz., Messrs. Carruthers, J. T. Thomson, Buller, T. Kirk, Buchanan, and T. W. Kirk.
For the Meteorological Statistics, and the illustrations, the thanks of the Board are due to Messrs. Gore and Buchanan respectively, and to Messrs. McColl and Earle of the lithographic department, who, by permission of the Hon. Colonial Secretary, completed the preparation of the plates.
