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1881. NEW ZEALAND.

NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE, 1880-81 (THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE).

Presented to both Souses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

The following are the dates upon which meetings of the Board have been held : 21st July and 31st December, 1880. The retiring members from the Board, in conformity with the Act, were Mr. ~W T. L. Travers, the Hon. Mr. Gr. E. Johnson, and Dr. Hector, all of whom were reappointed by His Excellency the Governor. The elected governors under clause 7 of the Act are : Dr. Newman, Captain Bussell, M.H.R, and Mr. J McKerrow The vacancy on the roll of honorary members, caused by the death of Dr. Grarrod, was filled by the election of the Marquis of Normanby Two other vacancies have occurred in the roll of honorary members, through the death of Dr. Lander Lindsay and Dr. j(1ilhol. The members on the roll of the Institute now number as follows: Honorary members, 28. Ordinary members : Auckland Institute, 277 ; Hawke's Bay Philosophical Society, 85 ; Wellington Philosophical Society, 274 ; Nelson Association, 50 ; Westland Institute, 100 ; Philosophical Institute, Canterbury, 219 ; Otago Institute, 216 ; Southland Institute, 66. Total, 1,315. Since the last report the Southland Institute has been incorporated, in terms of the Act, with the New Zealand Institute. The printing of Volume XIII. was commenced on the 18th January and completed on the 28th March, and a portion of the edition ready for issue early in May The volume contains sixty-two articles, also Presidents' Addresses, and abstracts of papers which appear in the Proceedings and Appendix. There are 503 pages of letter-press and eighteen plates. The following division of the contents of the volume, under the various subjects, is given for comparison with last year's work : — 1881. 1880. Pages. Pages. Miscellaneous 170 240 Zoology .. 79 76 Botany .. .. 147 84 Chemistry 4 14 Geology 21 6 Proceedings 42 52 Appendix ... 40 66 503 538 The volumes of the Transactions now on hand are, —Vol 1., second edition, 420; Vol 11., none; Vol. 111., none ; Vol. IV., none ; Vol. V , 60 ; Vol. VI., 55 ; Vol. VII., 160 ; Vol. VIII., 25 ; Vol. IX, 165 ; Vol. X., 15 ; Vol. XL, 80; Vol. XII., 80; Vol. XIII, not yet fully distributed. It will be seen from the Honorary Treasurer's balance-sheet that there is a sum of £49 2s. Id. to the credit of the Board. The Annual Eeports of the various departments connected with the Institute are appended. James Hectoe, Approved by the Board, 28th July, 1881: Manager. Aethtte Stock, Chairman.

Accounts of New Zealand Institute, 1880-81. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance in hand, 21st July, 1880 ... 4 8 3 By Balance of account for printing Vol. X 11.... 66 6 6 Vote for 1880-81 .. ... ... 500 0 0 Printing Vol. XIII. ... ... .. 498 18 5 Contributions from societies in aid of print- Miscellaneous items, including binding, &c. 2 5 1 ing Vols. XI. and XII., under clause d Balance ... ... ... ... 49 2 1 of Regulations of Institute ... ... 79 18 0 Contributions from Wellington Philosophical Society (one-sixth of annual revenue)... 28 110 Sale of volumes .. ... 4 4 0 £616 12 1 £616 12 1 Abthte Stock, 28th July, 1881. Treasurer. I—H. 25.