Auckland Institute. 537 



In regard to finance it was stated the total revenue of the Working 

 Account had been £1,849 13s. 4d., but deducting such items as £655 Is. 

 subscribed for th ■ erection of the Maori house and the purchase of the late 

 llr. Fenton's pataka, £95 temporarily withdrawn from the nvestment 

 .-Account for the same purpose, and £137 18s. received on account of the 

 Mackechnie bequest for the purchase of groups of mammals, the total 

 ordinary revenue was £961 13s. 6d., as compared with £982 5s. Id. last 

 year. The receipts from the invested funds of the Costley bequest 

 amounted to £356 5s., and the Museum endowment yielded in rents and 

 interest £338 19s. 8d. The expenditure totalled £1,824 2s. 9d., inclusive 

 of amounts expended over the erection of the Maori house and purchase 

 of the pataka, and the disbursements in connection with the groups of 

 mammals. Excluding these items the ordinary expenditure was 

 £898 Is. 8d., leaving a credit balance of £84 4s. 3d. The total amount 

 of the invested funds of the Institute was £16,373 lis. 8d. 



The chief advance made in the Museum has been in connection 

 with the Maori collection, consisting of the Maori house " Rangitihi " and 

 the pataka, or food house, the latter being regarded as one of the most 

 perfect examples of Maori art in existence. The Council recorded its 

 grateful thanks to the citizens who gave such liberal and sympathetic 

 assistance towards providing the means to make these permanent addi- 

 tions to the Museum. The cost of the hoii.se has amounted to £639 17s. 6d., 

 and there remained a deficiency of £179 5s. 8d., which for the present 

 has been borrowed from the Capital Account, and will be met by a Govern- 

 ment subsidy of £1 for £1, not yet paid. 



In the zoological department the principal addition is the third group 

 of moimted animals provided for by the Mackeclmie bequest, consisting 

 of a polar bear and three musk oxen — male, female, and young ; while a 

 fourth group, which will comprise a zebra and several South African ante- 

 lopes, is in preparation in London, and should arrive during the autumn. 

 This will exhaust the funds of the bequest. The interest on the special 

 bequest of £2,000 made by the late Mrs. Mackechnie in favour of the library 

 has been regularly received and expended in the purchase of books, in all 

 three consignments having been received from London. The growth of 

 the library will soon make the question of additional accommodation a 

 very pressing one. 



In concluding the report the Council tendered its thanks to the nume- 

 rous donors to the A useum and library, and referred to the generous action 

 of the Shaw Savill Company in carrying free the large cases of mammals. 



Election of Officers for 1907. — President— E. V. Miller ; 

 Vice-Presidents — Professor F. D. Brown ?.nd Professor A. P. W. 

 'i'hom",s ; Council — J. L. Br.gnall, H. Ht'.ines, H. D. M. Hcszard, 

 J. Kirk.-i-, T. Peacock, D. Potrie, J. A. Pond, J. Reid, Professoi- 

 II. W. Segar, J. Stewart, J. H. Upton ; Secretary and Treasurer 

 — T. F. Chfes^man ; Auditot — W. Gorrie. 



