NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



Eighteenth Annual Report, 1885-86. 



Meetings of the Board were held on the 18th August, 1885, and 

 the 8th February, 1886. 



The members who retired in conformity with clause 6 of the 

 Act were : The Hon. Mr. Waterhouse, the Hon. Mr. Mantell, 

 and Mr. Travers, all of whom were reappointed by His Excel- 

 lency as Governors of the Institute. 



The elected members of the Board for the current year are : 

 Mr. McKerrow, Mr. Maskell, and Dr. Hutchinson. 



There is at present one vacancy in the roll of honorary 

 members, owing to the death during the past year of Dr. 

 Carpenter. 



The members now belonging to thfe Institute are 

 Honorary members 



Ordinary members — 

 Auckland Institute 

 Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute 

 Wellington Philosophical Society 

 Philosophical Institute of Canterbury 

 Nelson Philosophical Society ... 

 Westland Institute 

 Otago Institute ... 

 Southland Institute 



29 



299 

 140 

 256 

 135 

 100 



77 

 161 



70 



Total 



.. 1,267 



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

 (second edition), 390; Vol. V., 42 ; Vol. VI., 43; Vol. VII., 

 140; Vol. IX., 144; Vol. X., 176; Vol. XI.. 55; Vol. XII., 

 62 ; Vol. XIIL, 63 ; Vol. XIV., 85 ; Vol. XV., 197 ; Vol. XVI., 

 220 ; Vol. XVII., 250 ; Vol. XVIII., not yet fully distributed. 



In May, 1885, the following memorandum of a proposed 

 change in the form of publication was considered by the Board, 

 and copies were distributed to the various affiliated societies ; — 



