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List or Fbee Copies. List of Public Institutions and Individuals to ivhovi the Volume of Transactions is Presented by the Governors of the Institute. —His Excellency the Governor, President of the Institute ; Governors of the Institute (eleven) ; Honorary Members (thirty) ; the Prime Minister ; the Colonial Secretary ; the Colonial Treasurer; the Minister of Lands ; the Minister for Public Works; the PostmasterGeneral ; the Attorney-General; the Under-Secretary for the Colony; the Legislative Council; the House of Representatives; the Colonial Office, London; the Agent-General, London; Messrs. Triibner and Co. (Agents), 57, Ludgate Hill, London ; British Museum, London; Linnean Society, London ; Eoyal Society, London; Royal Geographical Society, London ; Royal Asiatic Society, Loudon ; Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom; Royal Colonial Institute, London ; Geological Society, London ; Zoological Society, London ; Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, London; Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, London ; Geological Magazine, London ; Geological Record, London ; Editor of Nature, London ; Zoological Record, London; Philosophical Society of Leeds, England ; Literary and Philosophical Society, Liverpool, England ; Literary Institute, Norwich, England ; University Library, Oxford, England ; University Library, Cambridge, England ; School Library Committee, Eton, England; School Library Committee, Harrow, England; School Library Committee, Rugby, England ; Natural History Society, Marlborough College, England ; Royal Society, Edinburgh ; Royal Botanic Garden, Library, Edinburgh ; Geological Society, Edinburgh; University Library, Edinburgh; Philosophical Society of Glasgow; Royal Irish Academy, Dublin ; Royal Society, Dublin; Asiatic Society of Bengal Calcutta; Geological Survey of India, Calcutta; Geological Survey of Canada, Montreal; Canadian Institute, Toronto ; Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, Canada East; Royal Society of New South Wales, Sydney ; Linnean Society of New South Wales, Sydney; Public Library, Sydney; Library of Australian Museum, Sydney; University Library, Sydney; Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne; Public Library, Melbourne; University Library, Melbourne ; Geological Survey of Victoria, Melbourne ; Legislative Library, Adelaide ; South Australian Institute, Adelaide; University Library, Adelaide; Public Library of Tasmania, Hobart Town ; Royal Society of Tasmania, Hobart Town ; Free Public Library, Capetown ; Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. ; Geological Survey of U.S. Territory, Washington, D.C. ; American Geographical Society, New York ; American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia ; American Institute of Mining Engineers, Philadelphia ; Franklin Institute, Philadelphia ; Academy of Natural Sciences Library, Philadelphia; Academy of Natural Sciences, Buffalo; Academy of Natural Sciences, San Francisco; Academy of Natural Sciences, Davenport, Iowa; Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. ; Royal Society of Literature and Arts of Belgium, Brussels; Royal Imperial Institute for Meteorology and Earth Magnetism, Hohe-Warte, Vienna; Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-koniglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt, Vienna ; Botanical Society of the Province of Bradenburg, Berlin; Dr. Bastian, Berlin; Imperial German Academy of Naturalists, Dresden; Physico-economic Society of Konigsberg, E. Prussia; Verein fur vaterladische Naturkunde m Wtirttemburg, Stuttgart; Abhandlungen, Bremen; R. Accademia dei Lincei, Rome; Imperial Museum of Florence ; Royal Geographical Society of Italy, Florence ; Tuscan Natural Science Society, Pisa; Editor of Cosmos, Turin; Academy of Science, Modena; Royal Academy of Science, Stockholm. Libraries and Societies in New Zealand. —Library, Auckland Institute ; Library, Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute ; Library, Wellington Philosophical Society ; Library, Nelson Association ; Library, Westland Institute; Library, Philosophical Institute of Canterbury; Library, Otago Institute; General Assembly Library; Library, New Zealand Institute. Publishing Branch. — Editor; Assistant Editor; Draftsman (two copies) ; Lithographer; Government Printer; Photolithographer. MUSEUM. The number of names entered in the Visitors' Book during the year is 12,000, but as comparatively few make use of this register, it does not give even an approximate idea of the number of persons who visit the Museum, and it is very desirable that some mechanism should be provided for recording, as done in other similar institutions. The additions to the Museum will be found in the usual report printed in pamphlet form (Sixteenth Annual Report, 1880-1). Natueal History Collections. The additions to the Natural History collections have not been very extensive, but, nevertheless) comprise some specimens of high scientific interest. Mammalia. —The most important items under this head are (1) a very fine skeleton of the killer-whale (Orca pacifica), which was stranded near Wanganui, and secured for the Museum through the kindness of Mr. S. H. Drew; (2) skins of the sea-lion {Otaria hookeri), from the Auckland Islands; and a skeleton of the sea-elephant (Morunga elephantina), collected by Mr. Burton, Taxidermist to the Museum. Ayes.- —Amongst the birds recently added to the collections, and specially worthy of notice, are (1) a very fine capercaillie (Petrao urogallus), purchased by Dr. Hector; (2) a series of gannets (j)ysporus serrator), showing the nestling, young in first year's plumage, and the adult, obtained at Gannet Island, and presented by Captain Fairchild, of the Government steamer "Hinemoa"; (3) specimens of the merganser (Mergus australis), the flightless duck (Nesonetta aucklandica), and a series of shags, collected at the Auckland Islands by Mr. Burton. Pisces. —(1) A cask of Australian fishes, received in exchange from the Curator of the Australian Museum; (2) a fine specimen of Ophisurus serpens from Mahia Lagoon, captured and presented by Mr. J Cunningham; (3) a splendid collection, consisting of 205 specimens, illustrative of the Ichthyology of North America, presented by the United States National Museum, have been received and placed in the " stock room " until accommodation can be provided in the Museum. Reptilia.- —A magnificent collection of North American reptiles, comprising 50 species and 92 specimens, has been received from the United States National Museum, but, like the fishes, cannot be displayed for want of proper accommodation.