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The cost of printing Vol. XXXIII. was £384 14s. for 626 

 pages and twenty-three plates, and that for the present 

 volume (XXXIV.) £452 2s. 6d. for 645 pages and forty-two 

 plates. The present volume was entirely produced by the 

 Government Printing Office. 



From the Honorary Treasurer's statement of accounts it 

 appears that the amount received for the year was £1,214 4s., 

 including the balance carried forward, and the expenditure 

 £806 Is. Id., leaving a balance in hand of £408 2s. lid. 



The publication of " Maori Art" has been completed, and 

 bound volumes may now be purchased at the price of £4 4s. 



Museum. 



There have been 140 entries as additions to the Museum 

 since last report, a list of which will be published in due 

 course. The collections have been thoroughly cleaned, and 

 many changes have been made to improve their arrangement. 



Library. — This is being continually added to, and every 

 endeavour has been made to keep it scientifically up to date. 



Meteorological. 

 The returns of the principal stations for 1901 have been 

 supplied as usual to the Eegistrar-General to be included in 

 his annual statistics, and the monthly rainfall returns from 

 174 stations have been regularly supplied to the Gazette. 

 The monthly return for vital statistics has been supplied, and 

 the daily weather exchange, by telegraph, is continued be- 

 tween this colony and Australia. 



Colonial Time-ball Observatory. 

 Mr. Thomas King, the officer in charge, reports that the 

 instruments in the Observatory are in complete order, and 

 details the services which have been rendered in supplying 

 true mean time to the antarctic exploring-ship " Discovery ' 

 and H. M.S. "Penguin," the latter being engaged in survey- 

 ing the N.E. coast of New Zealand. Full details of these 

 exchanges of time will be published in due course. 



