NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



Nineteenth Annual Report, 1886-87. 



The Board held meetings on the 22nd July, 1886, and 10th 

 February, 1887. 



The members who retired from tbe Board in conformity 

 with clause 6 of the Act were the Hon. Mr. Waterhouse, Mr. 

 Mason, and tbe Ven. Archdeacon Stock, all of w T hom were re- 

 appointed by his Excellency the Governor. 



The elected members of the Board for the year are Dr. 

 Hutchinson, Mr. J. McKerrow, and Mr. T. Kirk. 



The following are the members now belonging to the 

 Institute : — 



Honorary members ... ... ... ... 29 



Ordinary members — 



Auckland Institute ... ... ... 277 



Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute ... 139 



Wellington Philosophical Society ... 248 



Philosopbical Institute of Canterbury ... 116 



Nelson Philosophical Society ... ... 50 



Westland Institute ... ... ... 69 



Otago Institute ... ... ... ... 156 



Southland Institute ... ... ... 72 



Making a total of .. . ...1,156 



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

 (second edition), 287 ; Vol. V., 39 ; Vol. VI., 40 ; Vol. VII., 

 136; Vol. IX., 140; Vol. X., 171; Vol. XL, 52; Vol. XII., 

 60 ; Vol. XIII., 61 ; Vol. XIV., 82 ; Vol. XV., 192 ; Vol. XVI., 

 216; Vol. XVII., 246; Vol. XVIII. , 190; Vol. XIX., not yet 

 fully distributed. 



Vol. XIX. of the " Transactions'' was published in May last, 

 and contains seventy-two articles ; also addresses and abstracts 

 of articles which appear in the Proceedings. It contains 680 

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