NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 
FovunTEENTH pee Report, 
Tux Board held meetings on the 28th J uly, and 11th November, 1881. 
The retiring members, in conformity with the Act, were Messrs. W. T. 
L. Travers, T. Mason, and the Hon. G. R. J ohnson, all of whom were re- 
appointed by His Excellency the Governor. 
The elected members under clause 7 of the Act are: Mr. J ustice Gillies, 
the Hon. Wm. Rolleston and Mr. James MeKerrow. 
There are now five vacancies on the roll of honorary members. 
The members on the roll of the Institute now number :— 
Honorary members - ; 3 AA oe T i 2A 
Ordinary members— à; 
Auckland Institute — ... i$ sc BOE 
Hawke's Bay Philosophical taiias. as ex AT 
Wellington Philosophical Society  ... m uc MT 
Westland Institute — ... =a sy 200 
Philosophical Institute of of Canterbury "E v ARE 
Otago Institute .. Nn oP as iu AE 
Southland Institute fis a E vid T A Be 
1,285 
The Nelson Association having withdrawn from incorporation, the 
number is nominally less than that for last year by fifty members. 
The printing of Volume XIV. was commenced in February and completed 
early in April, a portion of the edition being ready for issue towards the 
end of May. The volume contains seventy-eight articles, also Presidents’ 
Addresses and abstracts of papers, which appear in the Proceedings and 
Appendix. There are 610 pages of letter-press and 89 plates. 
The following is a division of the contents of the volume for comparison 
with last year’s work :— 
1882, 1881. 
Pages. 
Miscellaneous es oes ee na MOD 170 
Zoology 144 79 
Botany : 104 147 
Chemistry .. 16 4 
Geology 52 21 
Proceedings. 54 42 
Appendix 40 40 
