512 



New Zealand Institute. 



The following is a comparison of the contents with those of 

 the previous year's volume : — 



1889. 

 Pages. 

 Miscellaneous ... ... ... 114 



Zoology 



Botany... 



Chemistry 



Geology 



Proceedings 



Appendix 



148 

 120 

 15 

 84 

 48 

 54 



583 



1888. 



Pages. 



80 



140 



116 



9G 



47 

 49 



528 



The expense of printing Vol. XX. of the " Transactions " 

 amounted to £415 10s. for 528 pages, and that of Vol. XXI. 

 to £248 lis. 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. lid. 



James Hector, 

 Approved by the Board. Manager. 



W.B. D. Mantell, 



Chairman. 

 5th August, 1889. 



New Zealand Institute Accounts fok 1888-89. 



Receipts. £ s. d. 



Balance in hand on 23rd 



July, 1888 . . . . 130 4 9 



(Irant by Parliament, 



1st Dec, 1888.. ..500 



Contribution from Wel- 

 lington Philosophical 

 Society, 24th Feb., 1889 24 17 



£655 1 9 



Expenditvre. 



For printing Vol. XXI. . . 



For extra volumes printed 

 by Messrs. Lyon and 

 Blair . . 



Miscellaneous items 



Transfer to account for 

 printing memoirs (see 

 i-esolution, 13th May, 

 1885; report, 1885-80; 

 and minutes, 5th Aug., 

 1889) 



Transfer to liability ac- 

 count for printing post- 

 poned papers . . 



Balance in hand 



125 



100 

 95 14 11 



£655 1 9 



W. T. L. Tkavers, 



Honorary Treasurer. 



