544 New Zealand Institute. 



petuate his memory in a suitable maimer will be brought up 

 at the annual meeting. 



Two years ago the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury 

 took the initiative in the matter of instituting the Hutton Me- 

 morial Research Fund. The New Zealand Institute set up a 

 committee, consisting of Drs. Chilton (convener) and Cockayi e. 

 Messrs. R. M. Laing and Speight, to deal with the question and 

 to report. That committee was reappointed at the last annual 

 meeting, when general and also detailed regulations were sub- 

 mitted and agreed to. It will be necessary for this coming 

 meeting to determine when the fund shall become operative. 



The members now on the roll of the various incorporated 

 societies are as follows: Auckland Institute, 164; "Wellington 

 Philosophical Society, 101 ; Philosophical Institute of Canter- 

 bury, 147 ; Otago Institute, 116 ; Hawke's Bay Philosophical 

 Institute, 46 ; Nelson Institute, 30 ; Westland Institute, 46 ; 

 Manawatu Philosophical Institute, 63 : total, 713. 



Transactions. — The volumes of Transactions at present on 

 hand are— Vol. I (second edition), 315 ; Vol. V, 31 ; Vol. VI. 

 22 ; Vol. VII, 144 ; Vol. IX, 215 ; Vol. X, 139 ; Vol. XI, 392 ; 

 Vol. XII, 305 ; Vol. XIII, 142 ; Vol. XIV, 107 ; Vol. XV, 280 ; 

 Vol. XVI, 270 ; Vol. XVII, 530 ; Vol. XVIII, 308 ; Vol. XIX, 

 555 ; Vol. XX, 452 ; Vol. XXI, 454 ; Vol. XXII, 560 ; Vol. 

 XXIII, 570; Vol. XXIV, 670; Vol. XXV. 626; Vol. XXVI. 

 613; Vol. XXVII, 605; Vol. XXVIII, 688; Vol. XXIX. 

 591; Vol. XXX, 685; Vol. XXXI, 695; Vol. XXXII, 518; 

 Vol. XXXIII, 611; Vol. XXXIV, 564; Vol. XXXV, 526; 

 Vol. XXXVI, 686 ; Vol. XXXVII, 604 ; Vol. XXXVIII, 750. 



The volume just published, Vol. XXXIX. contains 576 

 pages and 26 plates, in addition to a photograph and an " In 

 memoriam " notice of the late Sir Walter Bull or. The contents 

 of the last two volumes are compared as follows : — 



Vol. .W.Will Vol. \\\l\ 



634 576 



Tin- whole of the work was done, as formerly, at the Govern- 

 ment Printing Office. It is matter for regret that, owing to 



