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Balance-sheet. — The balance-sheel shows that the total receipts for the year, includ- 

 ing members' subscriptions and sale of publications, amount to £17 ( .I 8s. 



In order to make the final payment to the Government Printer for printing the 

 "' Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand," it has been necessary to transfer to the General 

 Account the accrued interest on the life members'' subscription account — viz.. £71 18s. Del. 

 It is satisfactory to note that the liability on account of the " Subantarctic Islands of 

 New Zealand." amounting in the beginning to £700. has now been liquidated. The total 

 expenditure for the year amounted to £350 8s. 7d., and there is a credit balance at the 

 Bank of New Zealand of £69 2s. 9d. The principal liabilities are an amount of £35 for 

 periodicals from Dulau and Co., London, and the balance of the Tunnel Investigation 

 Account, amounting to £140 (is. 1 Id. 



Papers. — 1 . " An Ecological Study of some New Zealand Sand-dune 

 Plants," by Miss Pegg ; communicated by Dr. Chilton. 



2. " Some Species of New Zealand Flowering-plants," by Dr. L. Cock- 

 ayne. 



3. " Notes on New Zealand Fishes, No. 4," by Mr. Edgar R. Waite. 



4. "Note on a Collection of Rocks from White Island.*' by Mr. R. 

 Speight. 



5. ''Description of New Zealand Lepidoptera," by Mr. E. Meyrick ; 

 communicated by Dr. Chilton. 



Election of Officers for 1914. — The following were elected officers : Presi- 

 dent— Dr. W. P. Evans ; Vice-Presidents— Dr. Charles Chilton. Mr. P. H. 

 Powell; Hon. Secretary— -Mr . A. M. Wright; Hon. Treasurer— -Mr. R. 

 Speight ; Hon. Librarian — Mr. Edgar R. Waite ; Council — Dr. C. Coleridge 

 Fair, Dr. L. Cockayne, Mr. L. Birks, Dr. F. W. Hilgendorf. Dr. S. Paue, 

 Mr. R. M. Laing ; Hon. Auditor— Mr. G. E. Way. F.P:A.N.Z. 



