New Zealand Institute

Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 24, 1891, Unnumbered Page

New Zealand Institute Twenty-third Annual Report, 1890–91. Meetings of the Board have been held on the following dates: 29th November, 1890; 10th April and 3rd August, 1891. The following gentlemen were elected Governors of the Institute by the incorporated societies in conformity with the Act: Mr. J. McKerrow, Mr. S. Percy Smith, and Mr. A. S. Atkinson. The members who retired from the Board in conformity with section 6 of the Act are the Hon. Mr. Mantell, Mr. W. T. L. Travers, and Mr. T. Mason, and all these gentlemen were reappointed by His Excellency the Governor. During the year the following gentlemen have been elected honorary members of the Institute: Professor C. V. Riley, of Washington; Professor Otto Nordstedt, of Sweden; and Professor Liversidge, of Sydney. The Board regret to have to record the loss by death of one distinguished honorary member—viz., Sir Frederick A. Weld, G.C.M.G., who was elected in 1877. The members now on the roll of the Institute are,— Honorary members 28 Ordinary members— Auckland Institute 205 Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute 99 Wellington Philosophical Society. 151 Philosophical Institute of Canterbury 98 Nelson Philosophical Society 38 Westland Institute 76 Otago Institute 117 Southland Institute 72 Making a total of 884 The volumes of Transactions now in stock are—Vol. I. (second edition), 266; Vol. V., 28; Vol. VI., 28; Vol. VII., 120; Vol. IX., 120; Vol. X., 153; Vol. XI., 43; Vol. XII., 48; Vol. XIII., 48; Vol. XIV., 70; Vol. XV., 183; Vol. XVI., 180; Vol. XVII., 200; Vol. XVIII., 163; Vol. XIX., 175; Vol. XX., 175; Vol. XXI., 100; Vol. XXII., 100; Vol. XXIII., not yet fully distributed.

The volume of Transactions just published (XXIII.) was issued in July, and contains sixty-four articles, also addresses and abstracts of articles which appear in the Proceedings. The volume contains 680 pages of letterpress and 49 plates. The following is a comparison of the contents of the present with that of last year's volume:— 1891. 1890. Pages. Pages. Miscellaneous 136 142 Zoology 236 244 Botany 72 56 Chemistry 4 Geology 144 62 Proceedings 48 52 Appendix 44 47 680 607 The cost of printing Vol. XXII. of the Transactions was £284 6s. 9d. for 607 pages, and that for Vol. XXIII. £296 12s. 6d. for 680 pages. The Honorary Treasurer's account for the year is appended, and shows a balance in hand of £51 10s. 1d. The amount devoted to the printing of memoirs, in accordance with resolution of May, 1885, is £525; and the sum of £150 has been allotted for the printing of papers postponed from previous years. A memorandum giving an account of the work done by the Institute since its organization is appended hereto. James Hector, Manager. Approved by the Board. ,3rd August, 1891. W. B. D. Mantell, Chairman. New Zealand Institute Accounts for 1890–91. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance in hand on 23rd July, 1890 90 3 1 For printing Vol. XXIII. 296 12 6 Parliamentary grant for 1890–91 500 0 0 Carried to Memoir Account 200 0 0 Contribution from Wellington Philosophical Society 24 10 0 Carried to Deferred-papers Account 50 0 0 Sale of volume 1 1 0 Balance 51 10 1 £615 14 1 £615 14 1 W. T. L. Travers, Hon. Treasurer.