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The cost of printing Vol. XXVII. was £441 16s. for 742 pages, and that for the present volume (XXVIIL), £485 6s. 2d. for 808 pages. The first part of Vol. I. of the standard work on Maori art, which is being written for the Board by Mr. A. Hamilton, is now in the press. It is devoted to Maori canoes, and is illustrated by process-block printings from photographs. The Honorary Treasurer's statement of accounts shows that there is a balance in hand in the current account of £24 13s. 2d. The amount appropriated for the publication of memoirs and postponed papers (according to resolution) is now £818 17s. lOd. Approved by Board. James Hector, Manager. Glasgow, Chairman. 21st July, 1896.

New Zealand Institute Accounts for 1895-96. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance in hand, 12th August, 1895 .. 58 6 8 Outstanding lithographic account for Vol. Parliamentary grant for 1895-96 .. .. 500 0 0 XXVII. .. .. .. .. 30 16 3 Contribution from Wellington Philosophical Printing and publishing Vol. XXVIII. .. 485 6 2 Society .. .. .. 18 0 6 Expense of library, cataloguing, &c. .. 15 19 10 Sale of volume .. .. .. .. 110 Publication of work on Maori art .. .. 7 19 9 Foreign postage, stationery, and miscellaneous 12 13 0 Balance in hand .. .. .. 24 13 2 £577 8 2 £577 8 2 Wm. Thos. Locke Travers, 21st July, 1896. Honorary Treasurer.

Approximate Cost of Payer.—Preparation, not given; printing (1,375 copies), £ 1 3s.

Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB96.

Price, 3d.]