Notice to Authors

Papers for the Transactions should, in the first place, be forwarded to the Secretary of one of the branches of the Royal Society. The Secretary, after arranging for them to be read at a meeting of the branch, will forward them to the Editor.

If the paper or any part of it has already been published, a note to this effect should accompany the manuscript.

Manuscripts must be typewritten (double spaced) on one side of the paper only. The manuscript should be carefully corrected ready for the printer to set up in type.

Titles of papers should be as short as possible, but should give a clear indication of the scope of the paper.

A summary of each paper must be provided. This will be printed at the head of the paper. It should be a concise factual statement suitable for copying by abstracting journals It should give the scope of the paper, important innovations, a list of all new species with their type localities and important nomenclatural changes.

Extensive introductory and descriptive matter commonly required in theses for University degrees must not be included in the manuscript.

Words to be printed in Italics should be underlined. All generic and specific names will be printed in Italics, except those used as headings. These will be printed in black type, which may be indicated by wavy underlining.

Footnotes should be avoided. The information they are intended to convey should be included in the body of the paper.

References should be given in the following form and listed in alphabetical order of authors at the end of the paper.

Benham, W. B.,, 1915. Oligochaeta from the Kermadec Islands. Trans. N.Z. Inst., 47, 174–185.

Park, J.,, 1910 The Geology of New Zealand. Christchurch, Whitcombe & Tombs.

In the body of the paper they should be referred to by quoting the author's name and the date in brackets, thus: (Benham, 1915) or (Benham, 1915, p. 180).

The titles of journals and books should be underlined for printing in Italics.

Only illustrations essential for elucidating the manuscript should be sent in for publication. Those intended to be printed as plates should be arranged in the same proportions as a page of text, namely, 5in by 7in. Illustrations made about half as large again as the size required in print give the best results. The approximate position of text-figures should be indicated in the margin of the typescript. Where suitable, the magnification of a figure is best indicated by a scale at the side of it.

Line drawings should be made on a smooth surface such as Bristol board, in black ink of good quality such as India ink or freshly mixed Chinese ink. They should not include any shading, only lines and dots. Wash drawings may be submitted for printing by the half-tone process.

Drawings should be lettered with, preferably broken, lines to the parts of the drawing to which the letters refer. The consecutive numbering of the figures on

a plate may, if desired, be indicated by light pencilling to be replaced by the printer by printed figures.

Photographs should not be submitted if line drawings will serve the purpose. Photographic prints should be sharp and with good contrast.

Authors receive gratis 50 reprints of their papers without covers. Covers will be provided if required, but will be charged for Additional reprints may be purchased from the printer, provided they are ordered through the Editor not later than the time when the corrected page proofs are returned.