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AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



At the annual meeting (28th February, 1921) the annual report and 

 balance-sheet were read and adopted. 



Abstract. 



At the expiry of another year it is the duty of the Council to submit to the members 

 and the general public their fifty-third annual report on the condition of the society 

 and the progress it has made during the year. 



Members. — The number of new members added during the year has been twenty- 

 four. Against this, twenty-nine names have been removed — nine by death, fourteen 

 by resignation or removal from the provincial district, and six for non-payment of 

 subscription for mor rthan two consecutive years. The net loss has thus been five, the 

 number of members at the present time being 450. 



Several of the members removed by death have been long in association with the 

 Institute, and have rendered important services to it. Mr. John Reid served on the 

 Council from 1895 to 1915, and was appointed a trustee in 1906, a post which he 

 occupied until his death. Mr. E. K. Mulgan has contributed lectures and papers of 

 importance, while his position as an educationist of the first rank renders his loss a 

 severe one. The decease of the Hon. J. A. Tole should also be referred to, for, although 

 he took no active part in the affairs of the Institute, his work in connection with 

 education generally placed him in sympathetic accord with it. 



Finance. — The total revenue of the Working Account, after deducting the balance 

 in hand at the beginning of the year, has been £1,867 5s. 7d., being a decrease of 

 £8 19s. 8d. on the amount of the previous year. Examining the various items, it will 

 be noted that the members' subscriptions show an increase from £-407 8s. to £429 9s. 

 The receipts from the Museum Endowment have amounted to £764 12s. 10d., or almost 

 exactly the same sum as that credited last year. The invested funds of the Costley 

 Bequest have yielded £466 10s., also showing a slight increase on the amount realized 

 during the previous year. The total expenditure has been £1,753 9s., and the cash 

 balance in hand is £373 13s. 4d. 



The invested funds of the society, which now amount to the sum of £23,211 8s. 9d., 

 have had the careful attention of the trustees during the year. 



Heelings. — Nine meetings have been held during the year, at which various lectures 

 were delivered, and an opportunity offered for discussion. Certain papers were also 

 forwarded for publication in the Transactions oj the New Zealand Institute. The following 

 is a complete list of both papers and lectures : C. M. Carter, " Ceylon, its People and 

 its Archaeology " ; Dr. A. B. Fitt, " Some Applications of Modern Psychology " ; 

 Professor J. C. Johnson, " Coral Islands, Part I — The Reef, its Structure and Origin," 

 and " Coral Islands, Part II — The Island, with Particular Reference to Polynesia " ; 

 E. V. Miller, " The Theory of Relativity " ; Professor F. P. Worley, " Atoms and the 

 Transmutation of the Elements " ; Professor R. M. Algie, " The Scenic Attractions of 

 the Tongariro National Park"; Dr. P. H. Buck (Te Rangi Hiroa), "Maori Warfare " ; 

 T. F. Cheeseman, " New Species of Plants " ; D. Petrie, " Descriptions of New Native 

 Plants " ; J. A. Bartrum, " Notes on the Geology of the Great Barrier Island " ; 

 M. J. Gilbert, "Notes on the Geology of the Waikato Heads District"; L. T. Griffin, 

 " Descriptions of Four Fishes new to New Zealand " ; Dr. P. H. Buck, " The Maori 

 Food-supplies of Lake Rotorua," and " Maori Decorative Art." 



Those of the above papers which were intended for publication in the Transactions 

 oj the New Zealand Institute have been forwarded to the Editor, and will probably 

 appear in volume 53, now in the press. Volume 52, containing the papers read before 

 the various branches of the Institute during the year 1919, has been issued during the 

 year, and distributed among the members. 



Library. — About £150 has been expended over the library during the year ; but 

 some expenditure incurred for the purchase of books and for bookbinding has still 

 to be met. Two consignments of books, numbering over one hundred volumes, have 

 been received during the year. Six weeks ago another order was despatched, which 

 should arrive during the autumn. The magazine and other serial publications sub- 

 scribed to by the Institute have been regularly received, and have been made available 

 for the use of readers. Various books and memoirs have been received in exchange, 

 and several donations have been made by private individuals. Under this heading 

 special mention should be made of a set of fifty bound volumes of the periodical 



