NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



Seventeenth Annual Eeport. 



Meetings of the Board were held on the following dates : 80th 

 September, 1884 ; 3rd February, and 13th May, 1885. 



The members of the Board who retired in conformity with 

 clause 6 of the Act were : The Hon. Mr. Waterhouse, Mr. 

 Travers, and Mr Mason, and these gentlemen were reappohited 

 as Governors of the Institute by His Excellency. 



The members elected to the Board for the current year by 

 the incorporated societies are : Dr. Buller, Mr. James McKerrow, 

 and Mr. W. M. Maskell. 



The following additions were made to the honorary members 

 of the Institute : Professor Asa Gray, Kichard Bowdler Sharp, 

 M.A., F.L.S., and B. A. Wallace, F.L.S. 



The members now on the roll of the Institute are : — 



Total 



... 1,295 



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

 (second edition), 395; Vol. V., 44; Vol. VI., 43 ; Vol. VII., 

 140 ; Vol. IX., 145 ; Vol. X., 176 ; Vol. XL, 55 ; Vol. XII., 62 ; 

 Vol. XIII., 63 ; Vol. XIV., 85 ; Vol. XV., 198 ; Vol. XVI., 230 ; 

 Vol. XVIL, not yet fully distributed. 



The printing of Vol. XVIL was commenced In February, and 

 completed and issued early in May. It contains fifty-five 

 articles, and also addresses and abstracts of articles which are 

 included in the Proceedings and Appendix. There are 536 



