AUCKLAND INSTITUTE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 48, 25 February 1913, Page 9

AUCKLAND INSTITUTE.

ANTTOAL MEETING. THF. YEA I: - WORK. LARGE INfl;'r.A-K t> I- PIBLIC LVTKKKM. "[V .janiJ.-i! nif' 1 ". •:!_; ol thr Aiii'khtnd jptituf -VJ- i- !•! -'■ l'«r library of the U- , --- >'■" ' '•'■ '"■'' ning. the -aside nt ■Tγ-:.■--•:- il W. --can orcupyiffo ■ iiair. .Tli" forty-tili'i .imiiiul rpport of the : j 4aaffl poini-: ■••:! • i.i: l.irge.ty owing ie the . ■.- ~■ '„■ H,,n. K. MiU-h.-l--jon ami x i \ ' ■■■ ' ':>rgr :uvesiion of m>'. ' ■ (■• w obtained, the ":' result- aft' . ' "- I -i withdrawals. being a n<H - "•-'-•" i>! 151. the total - -"neinbersnif r ' : r. -rrr (imp iif-ing ;356- If nv-miv- r\.T.-i«p t i iheir lniin , aice there ».>- n r-Mson why further ahoii -i "■•: :■•' in;i In. Amon; the p , - >;:!■ r>- rrnioveil liv 'leatii .-■nere ><"verai ■■■ ■■■ i ill U-en associated irith the :_ n~t t .it• i".ir long period-s, and .who a;il been ai: ivr and z.*alou-i proBoier- r,~\ :t- ■■Inn s. In Sir .iuiin Logan Campbfii the ui-ulm.' lust a tntniber who joineJ ;i -cinn :ifl'-r ib foundation, who lor several y.-.ir- -orvt-J ,t- one of "in founr-i!. u!m during the uholf ;of his membership w.i- oni- ■>[ its nio-t Jiberii and consi.-trn! supporters. MemIxir? of the Lnstilutr ».-rn aware that imonc his bequests was hi-- '.if iIOOO in favour of thr in.*l;tutr>. If ;.- under..stood that this would ihoril\ be rec-ejved. ; and it .ttouM then he the duty of the connfil to .ipp!\ it to purposes which woald worthily ■ ■immf-nor.itc the name of the donor. Two other lumps deserved fpaiil mentmn— tn;il of >| r John Webster, whose mpn:b<-ir!-hi t i djled liack for very rnaaiy y.ir~. during which ho frv(jneirtly made important prp>pnuition> to Sis Mnseiini: and Major W l.i. Mair. who altrays took gTeat mterpsi ,n the progress ol the society. <*'in: rii>iitipjr several pipers to the iran-sarUims, and who assisted his broUirr. Captain (.iiibert Mair. in ffinning the valuable and extensive series of Maori articles which nw formed thf basis <>f our Mann collection.

Tue totai revenue credited to the workjnz acrount. excluding tne balance in ■band at the onni-mr-m-ement of the year. ■was'SlS-S:; 13 ■_'. a total increase of" .CSO 7/4 The museum endowment had contributed £.>ll IO.'C. la.-t year's amount beia<p£s27 12/s?. Member?' subscriptions kid increased ti> C'A'jS 1 . from CJ.OS )!)/ last year. The- total expenditure had beta,33465 5 '10. as against £Ui)7 14/1 for WH-1912. The increase wa? principally due to pxpenso.- ;n connection with the museum boildinss and museum, and a more than usually lanr,. ex[ enditure OTPr thr libran. The ba.hi.nce in hand smojptedto £10S 1 '. Tbo.-apital funds of tiie institute had been increased by £132 10/ during the year, the totaJ amount bow standing at el 0,511 14/:!. The mode of investment of this sum had received considerable attention, and ndvantage hitf freen taken of the maturity of oer■i.irn Uoverament debentures to call in tie smonnts. and reinvest them on mortgage on specially-selrcted freeholil >eeuriT§i. .It was that the change *oald produce an accptable increase in -Mc revenue of the institute.

Early m the year the council applied Su the <k>vemment with the object of • fttaining a Parliamentary grant equivalent to the. amount ( £6SI) o f the fund ..raised by the citizen- of Auckland for the JKJlefif of the mu>eiim. A v o ,.e vi XJ.M -■*as-passea by-Parliament, an.! the niuner wij expected -*hortlv.

EiVTie amount jpent on trie library this Tear amounted to A' 236 2. <i. rati>-r more 10 ° ™lume< baying been reeved _Md 3B adduional volume.- being due a fortnight. while nearly 100 volumes had been added by the lendin--CI scientific periodicals and other pnblica-

The report an,l balanw-sfleet were copied, and the following officers elected m lhe * nSUIII P year:-President, the 3%0r ( Mr . «■..,. P , rri: VK ;d Proiessor Segar and Mi. J. £ Vpton ! 5" , Mltcl l elson - and Mr. T. Peaeoek »II re-elected i : auditor. Mr s G rey