NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE, 1883-84 (SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1884 Session II, H-12

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Sess. 11.—1884. NEW ZEALAND.

NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE, 1883-84 (SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF).

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

Meetings of the Board have been held on the following dates : 3rd August, 1883; 20th December, 1883 ; and 20th March, 1884. The three members who retired from the Board in conformity with clause 6 of the Act were : Mr. W. T. L. Travers, Hon. Mr. G. Eandall Johnson, and Dr. Hector; Mr. Travers and Dr. Hector were reappointed, and Hon. Mr. G. M. Waterhouse fills the place of the Hon. Mr. G. B. Johnson. The members elected under clause 7 of the Act are : Mr. James McKerrow, Hon. Mr. Bolleston, and Dr. Buller. A distinguished honorary member of the institute has been lost in Dr. Ferdinand yon Hochstotter, the news of whose death lately reached here. Dr. Hochstetter was among the first to be elected in 1870. There are now three vacancies in the roll of honorary members. The following are the number of members now on the books of the institute : Honorary members, 27; Auckland Institute, 305; Hawke's Bay Philosophical Society, 111; Wellington Philosophical Society, 246 ; Westland Institute, 110; Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 163; Otago Institute, 193 ; Southland Institute, 70 ; Nelson Philosophical Society, 86 : total, 1,311. The printing of Volume XVI. of Transactions for the year was commenced the latter end of January and completed the end of April, and issued early in May. The volume contains fifty-seven articles, and also addresses and abstracts of articles, which are included in the Proceedings and Appendix. There are 639 pages of letter-press and forty-four plates. The following is a comparison of the contents of the volume with that for the previous year : — 1884. 1883. Pages. Pages. Miscellaneous ... ... ... 72 ... 90 Zoology 324 ... 236 Botany 118 ... 124 Chemistry ... ... ... ■•• ... •■• 4 ... — Geology ... ... ... ••■ ••• ... 13 ... 60 Proceedings ... ... ... ... ... ... 46 ... 26 Appendix ... ... ... ... ... ... 62 ... 50 639 586 The volumes of Transactions now in stock are: Vol. I. (second edition), 400; Vol. 11., none; Vol 111., none; Vol. IV., none; Vol. V., 48; Vol. VI., 47; Vol. VII., 146; Vol. VIII., none; Vol. IX., 150; Vol. X., 180; Vol. XL, 60; Vol. XII., 65; Vol. XIII., 68; Vol. XIV., 90; Vol. XV., 203 ; Vol. XVI., not fully distributed. The Honoray Treasurer's statement of accounts is appended, from which it will be seen that there is a liability amounting to £67 16s. lid., the balance due on account of printing of Vol. XVI., against which there is a sum of £39 ss. 1-Jd. in the hands of the London agent, making a deficiency on the years' accounts of £28 lis. 9Jd. Approved by the Board. James Hectoe, Wm. F. Deummond Jeevois, Chairman. Manager. 30th September, 1884. New Zealand Institute Accounts, 1883-84. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance in hand, 3rd August, 1883 .. 77 14 7 By Balance due for printing Vol. XV. .. 76 11 4 Parliamentary vote for 1883-84 .. 500 0 0 Printing Vol. XVI. (on account)! • • 313 10 8 Contribution from Wellington Philosophi- Miscellaneous items .. .. .. 0 2 1 cal Society, one-sixth of annual revenue 35 3 6 Sale of volumes* .. .. .. 7 G 0 _ J _. _ £620 4 1 £020 4 1 * Exclusive of balance in hands ol London agent, £39 ss. lid. + Liability for printing Vol. XVI., £CI 10s. lid. Aethue Stock, Honorary Treasurer.

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