690 Proceedings. 



Annual Meeting : 4th February, 1895. 



Abstract of Annual Report. 



Six ordinary meetings were held, and were well attended. The 

 number of papers read was fourteen. The financial position of the 

 Institute continues to be satisfactory. The Council regret, however, a 

 considerable decrease in the membership, which now stands at 84, 

 the smallest number for many years past. The same decrease is ap- 

 parent in other branches of the Institute. During the year twenty 

 volumes have been added to the library. 



A fine portrait of the founder and former Secretary of this branch, 

 the Rev. W. Colenso, F.R.S., F.L.S., &c, which was painted by Herr 

 Lindauer to the order of the Council, has been presented by Mr. Colenso 

 to the Institute, and now hangs on the wall of the Museum. The like- 

 ness is a capital representation of one of the pioneers of science in this 

 colony. 



The accounts show that the total receipts were £76 7s. lid., and that 

 the assets were valued at £827 18s. 3d. 



Election of Officeks foe 1895. — President — J. W. Car- 

 lile, M.A. ; Vice-president — H. H. Pinckney, B.A. ; Council — 

 T. Humphries, J. W. Craig, H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S., J. S. Large, 

 G. Pitcaithley, B.A., Dr. A. Milne-Thompson ; Hon. Secre- 

 tary — W. Dinwiddie; Hon. Treasurer — G. White; Auditor — 

 J. Crerar. 



