Excerpt from Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, Vol. 1: 1868 It will be observed that the Size of the volume has been very consider ably increased by the insertion of matter which does not properly belong to the Proceedings of the current year, such as communications of earlier date to the various Societies, and by the publication of eight Essays, which were written originally in connection with the New Zealand Exhibition, 1865. In future, therefore, the volume will be less bulky and expensive, and it is hoped free from the errors which, unavoidably, have crept into the present issue, from various causes. The volume is divided into three parts 5 the first part consisting of the Proceedings of the various Societies, which are now affiliated under the New Zealand Institute Act, derived principally from the Newspaper Reports of the Meetings corrected and forwarded by the Secretaries, with abstracts of the papers not printed in the Transactions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.