536 Proceedings. 
The Hon. W. Rolleston has been chosen by the Council to vote at the election of the 
Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute. 
The Council had nominated for election an honorary member of the New Zealand 
Institute. 
The balance-sheet shows total receipts for the year £197 19s. 2d.; expenditure £168 
5s. lid. ; and balance £29 13s. 3d. Among the items of expenditure are £2 5s. to the 
Arundel Society, and £121 10s. 11d. for books. 
ELECTION or OFFICERS ror 1888 :—President—Professor F. W. Hutton ; 
Vice-Presidents—R. W. Fereday, E. Dobson; Treasurer, W. M. Maskell ; 
Secretary—Geo, Gray ; Cowncil—Professor J. von Haast, Dr. Symes, C. 
Chilton, T. Crook, J. Inglis, T. S. Lambert. 
The retiring President, Professor J. von Haast, delivered an address on the Early 
History of the Canterbury Philosophical Institute. 
