NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 
Tenth Annuat Report, 1877-78. 
Meetings of the Board have been held during the past year on 29th of 
August, and 8th September, 1877; and 2nd January, 29th of May, and 
28th June, 1878. 
In accordance with the Act, the following members retired from the 
Board :—Mr. W. T. L. Travers, the Hon. Mr. Waterhouse and the Hon, 
Mr. Stafford. The two former gentlemen were re-appointed, and Mr. 
Thomas Mason was appointed in the room of the Hon. Mr. Stafford. 
In compliance with clause 7 of the Act, the Incorporated Societies 
elected the following gentlemen as Governors of the Institute :—Mr. J. C. 
Crawford, F.G.S., Mr. Thomas Kirk, F.L.8., and the Bishop of Nelson. 
The honorary members elected under Statute IV. of the rules of the 
Institute, are :—His Excellency Governor F. A. Weld, C.M.G., Tasmania ; 
Professor Spencer Baird, U.S.A.; and Dr. D. Sharp, Scotland. 
The following is a list of members now on the roll of the Institute, 
showing an increase of 113 during the past year :— 
Honorary Members vis ie YA fs um LL ME 
Ordinary Members : 
Auckland Institute e. m v» ATO 
Hawke Bay Philosophical fube sii iv DIE 
Wellington Philosophical Ma WA ». Mae 
Nelson Association ... seh zai 0 
Westland Institute ... («s s+ LI 
Canterbury Philosophical LI. JA .. 99 
Otago Institute Vet "3 = ose son, eer 
Total "n sé ..1,148 ,143 
Volume X. is now being issued * sinas and also i the various 
Libraries, Societies, and persons mentioned in the list appended. 
The publication of the yolume was commenced on the 2nd January, and 
the first copies were received from the publisher towards the end of May. 
The large accession of members to the affiliated Societies, not having . 
been notified to the Manager at a sufficiently early date, the number of 
copies of Volume X. was not increased, so that the edition will be at once 
exhausted, and no spare copies of this volume will remain on hand. 
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