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various other publications. Through his continuous energy and activity, it can be said 

 that no other family of New Zealand insects has been so carefully investigated as the 

 Coleoptera. Major Broun's death will be severely felt by all workers in New Zealand 

 entomology. The remaining members withdrawn from the roll through death are : 

 Mr. J. Batger, who served .on the Council for several years, and was President for 

 1899-1900 ; Mr. F. D. Halstead, Mr. J. M. Blair, Mr. R. Mitchelson, Mr. W. J. Speight, 

 and Mr. E. V. Ralf)h. 



In this part of the report it should be mentioned that under Regulations 20 to 26 

 of the New Zealand Institute, gazetted 4th September, 1919, the Fellowship of the New 

 Zealand Institute was constituted, the object being to mark distinction or research in 

 science. It was provided that the first Fellows should number twenty, ten of whom 

 became Fellows automatically on account of possessing certain cjuahfications, the 

 remaining ten being elected in a manner prescribed by the regulations. Out of the 

 total number of twenty Fellows appointed, the following are members of the Auckland 

 Institute : Air. T. F. Cheeseman, Mr. D. Petrie, Professor H. W. Segar, and Professor 

 A. P. W. Thomas. 



Finance. — The total revenue of the Working Account, after deducting the balance 

 •in hand at the beginning of the year, has been £1,886 }3s. 3d., being an advance of no less 

 than £207 lis. 6d. on the amount for the previous year, which was rather smaller than 

 usual. Examining the various items, it M'ill be seen that the members' subscriptions 

 have yielded £407 8s., showing a slight decrease. The receijDts from the Museum 

 Endowment, consisting of rents and interest, have amounted to £816 Os. 8d. being an 

 advance of £102 7s. 9d. on last year's income. The invested funds of the Costley 

 Bequest have provided £449 10s., almost exactly the same as that of the previous 

 year. The remaining items call for no special remark. The total expenditure has been 

 £1,753 16s., and the cash balance in hand is £259 16s. 9d. 



The invested funds of the Institute and Museum, now amounting to £23,154 14s. Id., 

 have been increased during the year by the sum of £209 Os. 4d., mostly derived from the 

 sale of some small endowments. 



Meetings. — The satisfactory results obtained during the session of 1918, described in 

 last year's report, induced the Council to still further increase the number of meetings, 

 and to pay greater attention to the proper illustration of all suitable lectures. Altogether 

 ten meetings have been held, at which the following lectures were delivered, or papers 

 for publication contributed : Dr. J. W. Mcllraith, " Some Modern Views on Education 

 and the Social Unrest"; Professor H. W. Segar, "The Attenuated Sovereign"; Dr. 

 K. Mackenzie, " Cancer and its Relation to Public Health " ; Professor G. Owen, " The 

 Discovery and Properties of Radium " ; Professor G. Owen, " The Lessons of Radium " ; 

 J. A. Bartrum, " Some Aspects of the Geological History and Cultural Development of 

 Man " ; W. S. Vernon, Electricity in the Home " ; T. L. Lancaster, " Energy and 

 Living Organisms " ; F. E. Powell, " Ferro-concrete Ships " ; J. A. Bartrum, " The 

 Conglomerate Band at Albany," and " Additional Facts concering the Distribution of 

 Igneous Rocks in New Zealand" ; D. Petrie, " Descriptions of New Flowering-jDlants " ; 

 T. F. Cheeseman, " Contributions to a Fuller Knowledge of the Flora of New Zealand." 

 The attendance at the w hole of the meetings was remarkably good ; in fact, at Professor 

 Owen's two lectures on radium the hall, although seating nearly four hundred, proved 

 quite insufficient to accommodate all those desiring to hear the lecturer. The papers 

 written for the purpose of publication have been forwarded to the Editor of the 

 Transactions, and will doubtless appear in Volume 52, now being sent to press. It 

 should be mentioned that Volume 51, containing the papers read before the various 

 branches of the Institute during 1918, was not received for distribution until late in 1919. 



Library. — The annual balance-sheet shows that the actual expenditure over the 

 Mbrary has been £153 3s. 6cl., but there are still some outstanding accounts to be provided 

 for. An order for over seventy volumes, despatched some time before the last annual 

 meeting, arrived about the middle of March ; and another for close upon ninety volumes, 

 forwarded last September, was received shortly after the beginning of this year. In 

 addition to the purchase of books, the magazines and other serial pubhcations sub- 

 scribed to by the Institute have been regularly received, and made available for the use 

 of readers in the library. The usual expenditure has been incurred in binding the pub- 

 lications of societies and scientific journals, about fifty volumes having been added from 

 that source alone. As in past years, various presentations and exchanges have been 

 received from British, American, and colonial societies, together with several donations 

 from private individuals. 



In previous reports the Council has remarked on the growing scarcity of shelf-room 

 in the library. It has now to state that no further accommodation is available therein. 

 Under such circumstances, the Library Committee has been authorized to erect a tem- 

 porary range of shelving in the small room opposite the curator's office. When this is 



