NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



Twenty-seventh Annual Report. 



the 



following dates 



Meetings of the Board were held on 

 18th January and 31st May, 1895. 



The members elected, in conformity with the Act, by the 

 incorporated societies as Governors of the Institute are : Mr. 

 James McKerrow, Mr. S. Percy Smith, and Major- General 

 Schaw. 



The retiring members from the Board — viz., Mr. W. T. L. 

 Travers, Mr. W. M. Maskell, and the Hon. W. B. D. Mantell 

 — have all been reappointed by His Excellency the Governor. 



The Board regrets to have to record the death of Professor 

 Huxley, thereby creating a vacancy in the list of honorary 

 members of the Institute. 



The members now on the roll of the Institute are : Hono- 

 rary members, 29 ; ordinary members, — iVuckland Institute, 

 171; Wellington Philosophical Society, 150; Hawke's Bay 

 Philosophical Institute, 82 ; Philosophical Institute of Canter- 

 bury, 65 ; Otago Institute, 102 ; Nelson Philosophical Society, 

 22 ; Westland Institute, 62 : making a total of 683. 



The volumes of Transactions now in stock are : Vol. I. 

 (second edition), 215; Vol. V., 18; Vol. VI., 20; Vol. VII., 

 105; Vol. IX., 108; Vol. X., 110; Vol. XL, 30; Vol. XII., 

 38; Vol. XIIL, 35; Vol. XIV., 60; Vol. XV., 170; Vol. 

 XVI., 170; Vol. XVII., 172; Vol. XVIIL, 145; Vol. XIX., 

 160; Vol. XX., 161; Vol. XXL, 93; Vol. XXIL, 93; Vol. 

 XXIIL, 170; Vol. XXIV., 175; Vol. XXV., 175; Vol. 

 XXVL, 180; Vol. XXVIL, not yet fully distributed. 



The volume (XXVIL) just published was issued in June, 

 and contains seventy-two articles, and also addresses and 

 abstracts which appear in the Proceedings. The work con- 

 tains 742 pages of letterpress and 42 plates. The following 

 is a comparison of the contents of the present with those of 

 last year's volume : — 



Miscellaneous 



Zoology 



Botany 



Geology 



Proceedings 



Appendix 



