Volumes 1 and 2 of the Lincoln Papers in Water Resources comprise the papers presented at a Symposium on Water Resources Development which was arranged by the Engineering Section of the 40th ANZAAS Congress and organised by Lincoln College Staff. The volume 1 includes the full text of the following papers: D. N. Body - Hydrometeorological Contribution to the Development and Control of Water Resources, C. J. Wiesner - Estimation the Probable Maximum Precipitation in Remote Areas, J. D. Coulter - On Rainfall Variations in New Zealand, Dr. K. F. O’Conner - The Role of Agricultural Land Use in Affecting Water Quality, J. T. Holloway - Watershed Management - Problems and Possibilities, Walter S. Boughton - Evaluation of Changes in the Land-use Regime.

Lincoln College, the College of Agriculture of the University of Canterbury, sponsors an active research and teaching programme in hydrology, soil conservation and water resources development. The purpose of these Papers is to communicate research results and new developments in these fields as rapidly as possible, and particularly to report the results of projects undertaken in conjunction by the Department of Agricultural Engineering and the New Zealand Agricultural Engineering Institute. From time to time the opportunity will be taken to publish material originating elsewhere in New Zealand with which the College is associated and which could not otherwise be made available.