NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



Thirty-fourth Annual Report. 



Meetings of the Board were held on the 26th November, 

 1901 ; 17th January, 13th February, 16th May, and 15th 

 August, 1902. 



Messrs. Travers, Joynt, and Young retired from the Board 

 in compliance with the Act, and were renominated by His 

 Excellency the Governor. The following gentlemen were 

 elected by the Incorporated Societies as Governors of the New 

 Zealand Institute: Hon. C. C. Bowen, Mr. S. Percy Smith, 

 and Mr. Martin Chapman. 



The members now on the roll are — Honorary members, 29 ; 

 Auckland Institute, 162 ; Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 

 64 ; Wellington Philosophical Society, 144 ; Philosophical 

 Institute of Canterbury, 69 ; Otago Institute, 117 ; Nelson 

 Institute, 50 ; Wesland Institute, 54 : making a total of 689. 



The volumes of Transactions now on hand are— Vol. I. 

 (second edition), 220 ; Vol. V., 6 ; Vol. VI., 10 ; Vol. VII., 95 ; 

 Vol. IX., 93; Vol. X., 120; Vol. XL, 20; Vol. XII., 25; 

 Vol. XIII., 25; Vol. XIV., 48; Vol. XV., 155; Vol. XVI., 

 160; Vol. XVII., 160; Vol. XVIII., 125; Vol. XIX., 150; 

 Vol. XX., 154 ; Vol. XXL, 85 ; Vol. XXIL, 87 ; Vol. XXIII. , 

 160; Vol. XXIV., 165; Vol. XXV., 160; Vol. XXVL, 170 

 Vol. XXVIL, 168; Vol. XXVIIL, 173; Vol. XXIX., 295 

 Vol. XXX., 347; Vol. XXXL, 396; Vol. XXXIL, 396 

 Vol. XXXIIL, 400; Vol. XXXIV., not yet fully distributed. 



The volume just published (XXXIV.) contains fifty-four 

 articles, and also addresses and abstracts which appear in the 

 Proceedings ; it consists of 645 pages and forty-two plates. 

 The following is a comparison of the contents of Vol. XXXIV. 

 with those of Vol. XXXIIL :— 



