WESTLAND INSTITUTE. 



The annual meeting was held in the library, the attend- 

 ance being fairly good. 



Abstract op Annual Report. 



The report dealt exhaustively with its past and present, including 

 some allusions to its future requirements. The Borough Council was 

 gratefully thanked for their annual subsidy, likewise the Harbour Board 

 for their welcome donation. The members' roll was reported to contain 

 fifty-nine names, though the income from paying members is the best 

 criterion of the strength of the society. The trustees have held nine 

 monthly meetings, the average attendance being seven. The library still 

 maintains its popularity, and a welcome addition of 118 volumes has been 

 made; it is to be hoped that another increase will be gained during the 

 current year. The reading-room has been well supplied with papers, and 

 is much frequented. The trustees take the present opportunity of thank- 

 ing those proprietors who so kindly donate their papers for its benefit. 



The trustees record their deep sense of the loss of the late Mr. A. H. 

 King, who for many years took the greatest interest in and whose services 

 were many for the benefit of the society. 



The balance-sheet showed— Receipts, £113 6s. 8d. ; expenditure, 

 £101 12s. 5d. : leaving a credit balance of £11 14s. 3d. 



Election of Officers for 1900. — President — Mr. A. J. 

 Morton ; Vice-president — Mr. A. Mahan ; Hon. Treasurer — 

 Mr. G. K. Sinclair; Trustees — Messrs. Clarke, Dawes, Perry, 

 Macfarlane, McNaughton, Michel, Beare, Solomon, Park,, 

 Lewis, Drs. Macandrew and Teichelmann. 



