542 



New Zealand Institute. 



494 



802 



It should be noted that Vol. XXXI. (1898), owing to an 

 unavoidable delay in the publication of the plates, represents 

 a period considerably exceeding the year, so that it included 

 papers that properly belonged to Vol. XXXII. 



The cost of printing Vol. XXXI. was £539 6s. 3d. for 802 

 pages, and that for the present volume (XXXII.) £338 lis. 6d. 

 for 494 pages. This amount includes the preparation and 

 printing of the plates. 



The Treasurer's statement of accounts, appended, shows 

 the amount received for the year as £1,098 7s. 3d. (including 

 balance brought forward) and the expenditure £666 Is. 4d., 

 leaving a balance in hand of £432 5s. lid. This balance has 

 already been appropriated for the completion of the great 

 work by Mr. Hamilton, illustrating " Maori Art," and other 

 publications now in hand. Part IV. of "Maori Art" has 

 been issued, and Part V., which completes the work, is now 

 well advanced for publication. After this final part is issued 

 to subscribers, the work can only be obtained in its complete 

 form in one volume, handsomely bound, and binding-covers 

 can be supplied to those who possess the work in separate 

 parts at cost price. 



A dictionary of the Mangareva language, by Mr. E. Tre- 

 gear, has .been published by the Institute. The following 

 extract from Mr. Tregear's introduction will explain why the 

 Board went to the expense of this work : — 



The Gambier or Mangareva Islands consist of a small group situated 

 within the Paumotu Archipelago, in the Eastern Pacific. They are gene- 

 rally known as Mangareva, that being the native name of the principal 

 island (Peard Island) ; but on their discovery by Captain Wilson, of the 

 "Duff," on the 25th May, 1797, he named them after Admiral Lord 

 Gambier. 



Mangareva Island is about four miles in length, and rises in two 

 peaks in the form of wedges, the greatest height being 1,315 ft. The 

 large village on the east side of Mangareva is in latitude 23° 7' 34" S., 

 longitude 135° 0' 20" W. The other chief islands are Akamaru, Aukena, 

 and Taravai. The inhabitants of the group number about a thousand. 

 The whole of the islands are within an encircling coral reef. They form 

 part of the French possessions in Oceania. 



