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Neio Zealand Institute. 



The volume just published (XXXI.) contains seventy-two 

 articles, and also addresses and abstracts which appear in 

 the Proceedings. The volume consists of 802 pages and 

 62 plates. 



The following gives a comparison of the contents of the 

 present volume and that for last year : — 



Miscellaneous 



Zoology 



Botany 



Geology 



Chemistry 



Physics 



Proceedings 



Appendix 



802 



638 



The cost of printing Vol. XXX. was £416 15s. 9d. for 638 

 pages, and that for the present volume (XXXI.) £539 6s. 3d. 

 for 802 pages. This amount includes the preparation and 

 printing of the plates. 



The treasurer's statement of accounts hereto appended 

 shows that the credits for the year were £1,261 2s. 9d., and 

 the expenditure £768 13s. 3d., leaving a balance of £492 9s. 6d. 

 This balance is already appropriated for the completion of the 

 " Maori Art" (Parts IV. and V.) and other works, the accounts 

 for w'hich are not yet presented. 



A consignment of Part IV. of " Maori Art" has just been 

 received from the publisher, and Part V., which completes the 

 work, is already in the press. 



James Hector, Manager. 



Approved. — Thomas Mason, 

 September, 1899. 



Chairman. — Wellington, 7th 



