NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 
Ninto Annuat Report, 1876-7. 
BiNcE the last annual report, meetings of the Board were held on the 
following dates:—19th September, and 19th December, 1876; 17th May, 
and 9th July, 1877 
The following members of the Board retired in conformity with the 
sixth clause of the Act, and were on the 11th January, 1877, re-appointed 
by His Excellency the Governor—viz., the Hon. Mr. Waterhouse, the Hon. 
Mr. Stafford, and Dr. Hector. 
The elected Governors by the Incorporated Societies, in accordance with 
clause 7, were Mr. J. C. Crawford, Mr. J. T. Thomson, and Mr. T. Kirk. 
Under Statute IV, of the Rules of the Institute, the under-mentioned 
were elected honorary members of the New Zealand Institute: The Rev. 
W. B. Clarke, M.A., F.R.S.; Professor Etheridge, F.R.S.; and Dr. 5. 
Berggren. 
The roll of the Institute now numbers as follows :— 
Honorary members... Ee Se: ime 25 
Orpinary MemsBers. 
Wellington Philosophical Society = a 224 
Auckland Institute — ... ge "is 285 
Philosophical Institute of Coastcare oe me 95 
Otago Institute ine ES m rie 231 
Nelson Association ... = E F 50 
Westland Institute — ... “is kis 76 
Hawke Bay Philosophical potii te ee 69 
Total. ... 1,055 
Copies of Vol. IX. have been as ‘eral distributed to the members and 
in accordance with the free list appended to the volume, the edition having 
been increased from 1,000 to 1,250 volumes to meet the increased demand. 
The publication of the volume for 1876 (IX.) was commenced in 
December of that year, but owing to the large increase in the number of 
original articles, and also to the fact of an additional number of papers 
being sent in when the volume was considerably advanced, it was not com- 
pleted until the end of May, 1877. 
