Twenty-First Annual Report, 1888–89. During the past year Board meetings were held on the following dates: 23rd July, 1888; 15th January, 17th January, 11th February, 27th February, and 14th May, 1889. The members elected by the incorporated societies for the year are—Mr. J. McKerrow, F.R.A.S.; Mr. W. Maskell, F.R.M.S.; and Mr. A. S. Atkinson, F.L.S. The members now on the roll of the Institute are— Honorary members 30 Ordinary members— Auckland Institute 216 Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute 104 Wellington Philosophical Society 253 Philosophical Institute of Canterbury 108 Nelson Philosophical Society 36 Westland Institute 78 Otago Institute 140 Southland Institute 72 Making a total of 1,037 The volumes of “Transactions” now in stock are—Vol. I. (second edition), 275; Vol. V., 33; Vol. VI., 30; Vol. VII., 126; Vol. IX., 127; Vol. X., 160; Vol. XI., 47; Vol. XII., 53; Vol. XIII., 52; Vol. XIV., 75; Vol. XV., 187; Vol. XVI., 190; Vol. XVII., 225; Vol. XVIII., 170; Vol. XIX., 195; Vol. XX., 200; Vol. XXI., not yet fully distributed. The Volume XXI. was issued in May last, and contains 60 articles; also addresses and abstracts of articles which appear in the Proceedings. The volume contains 583 pages of letterpress and 36 plates.
The following is a comparison of the contents with those of the previous year's volume:— 1889. 1888. Pages. Pages. Miscellaneous 114 80 Zoology 148 140 Botany… 120 116 Chemistry 15 — Geology 84 96 Proceedings 48 47 Appendix 54 49 583 528 The expense of printing Vol. XX. of the “Transactions” amounted to £415 10s. for 528 pages, and that of Vol. XXI. to £248 11s. 4d. for 583 pages, the printing for the latter having been done under a fresh contract. The statement of accounts for the year by the Honorary Treasurer is appended, and shows that there is a balance in hand of £95 14s. 11d. James Hector, Manager. Approved by the Board. W. B. D. Mantell, Chairman. 5th August, 1889.
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