NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE 



THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



The annual meeting of the Board of Governors was held on 

 the 24th January, 1906, in the Colonial Museum, Wellington, 

 and was attended by fifteen members. 



The Council reported that at the annual meeting held on the 

 19th January, 1905, the following officers were re-elected : 

 President — Captain Hutton, E.R.S. ; Treasurer — Mr. J. W. 

 Joynt, M.A. ; Secretary— Mr. T. H. Gill. M.A., LL.B. ; Editor 

 of the Transactions and Librarian — Mr. A. Hamilton. 



The members now on the roll are — Honorary members, 28 ; 

 Auckland Institute, 164 ; Hawke's Bay Philosophical Insti- 

 tute, 56 ; Wellington Philosophical Society, 117 ; Philosophical 

 Institute of Canterbury, 124 ; Otago Institute, 105 ; Nelson 

 Institute, 24 ; Westland Institute, 55 ; Manawatu Philosophical 

 Society, 38 : making a total of 709. 



The nominations received in accordance with the provisions of 

 the Institute Act are : By the Government — Messrs. A. Hamil- 

 ton and J. Young ; Auckland Institute — Professor Thomas, 

 Mr. J. Stewart ; Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute — Mr. H. 

 Hill ; Wellington Philosophical Society — Professor Easterfield, 

 Mr. Martin Chapman ; Philosophical Institute of Canterbury — 

 Dr. Chilton, Dr. Farr ; Otago Institute — Professor Benham, 

 Mr. G. M. Thomson ; Nelson Institute— Dr. Cockayne ; West- 

 land Institute— Mr. T. H. Gill ; : Manawatu Philosophical 

 Society— Mr. W. Welch. 



The volumes of Transactions now on hand are — Vol. I 

 (second edition), 319 ; Vol. V, 35 ; Vol. VI, 26 ; Vol. VII, 148 ; 

 Vol. IX, 219 ; Vol. X, 141 ; Vol. XL 396 ; Vol. XII, 309 ; 

 Vol. XIII, 146 ; Vol. XIV, 111 ; Vol. XV, 284 : Vol. XVI, 

 274; Vol. XVII, 535; Vol. XVIII, 313; Vol. XIX, 560; 

 Vol. XX, 457 ; Vol. XXI, 460 ; Vol. XXII, 566 ; Vol. XXIII, 

 575; Vol. XXIV, 676; Vol. XXV, 632; Vol. XXVI, 620; 

 Vol. XXVII, 612; Vol. XXVIII, 696; Vol. XXIX, 599; 



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