578 Proceedings. 
Volume X. contains 78 articles besides several short notices which appear 
in the Proceedings, 28 plates, and 629 pages of letter-press. 
The following is a comparison of the sections of the work, with last 
year's volume :— 
1878. 1877. 
Miscellaneous... YA ... 190 pages 316 pages. 
Zoology E IM HB gee 
Botany .. zio xp Gi 2 
Chemistry m M EM goca I 
Geology ae ie al A a 
Proceedings he ves "E 63 4, 0. 
Appendix ao cua E oO 3 S0 
629 ,, rr RA 
The number of Volumes of Transactions now on hand, is as follows :— 
Volume I., 2nd edition, 448; Volume IL, none; Volume III., 10; 
Volume IV., 8; Volume V., 74; Volume VL, 80; Volume VII., 169; 
Volume VIIL, 86; Volume IX., 177; Volume X., 80. 
The appended statement of accounts shows a balance to the credit of 
the Board of £37 1s. 10d. 
The annual reports of the various departments attached to the Institute, 
are also appended, together with a list of the additions to the Library. 
James Hector, Manager. 
Approved by the Board, 4th September, 1878. - 
W. B. D. Maxrgrr, Chairman. 
Museum. 
The number of names entered in the Visitors’ book at the Museum 
during the past year has been 15,000. 
Since the 7th July the Museum has been opened to the public for two 
hours on Sunday afternoons, and the large attendance, varying from 800 to 
800 persons, indicates that there are many who are glad to take advantage 
of the opportunity thus afforded for examining the collections. 
There have been 9,880 specimens added to the collections during the 
past year ; 7,519 of which are mineral and fossil specimens obtained during 
the geological survey of the colony which is in progress, and 185 specimens 
deposited on loan. 
. . Herbarium.—The collections in this department have received only 
inconsiderable additions, and the arrangements for the thorough preserva- 
tion of the dried plants are quite insufficient. It has, therefore, been con- 
sidered inadvisable to unpack the large herbarium of foreign plants until 
