464 New Zealand Institute. 
the cost of publication, the annual vote being now insufficient for that 
purpose. 
Volume XI. contains 86 articles, and several short notices and abstracts 
which appear in the Proceedings, 19 plates, and 624 pages of letterpress. 
The following are the sections of the work, as compared with last year’s 
volume :— 
1879. 1878. 
Miscellaneous = .. 186 pages 190 pages. 
Zoology ... us m E m aes IM ae 
Botany... š 665: 5; TB ,, 
Chemistry ... n aie 38 $6, 
Geology ... Ses SE is MC ee 48 ,, 
Proceedings sii T A 886 ,. 08 ., 
Appendix ... xis ink E 42, 60 ^, 
624 ,, 029 4 
The volumes of Transactions now on hand are :— 
Vol. I., second edition, 440; Vol. IL, none; Vol. IIL., 8; Vol. IV., 6; 
Vol. V., 70; Vol. NL 75; Vol. VIL, 165; Vol. VEL, 33; Vol. IX., 170; 
Vol. X., 20. 
The statement of accounts herewith shows a balance to the credit of the 
Board of £140 16s. 3d. 
"The annual reports of the several departments attached to the Institute 
are also appen nded. 
James Hector, Manager. 
Approved by the Boara, dis July, 1879. 
Hxncunes Rosinson, Chairman. 
Museum. 
The number of persons who visited the Museum during the year was 
16,200; but, as many do not enter their names in the book kept for the 
purpose, this does not represent the actual number of visitors. The large 
attendance on Sunday afternoons shows that the privilege of visiting the 
building on that day is still appreciated by the public, 4,000 names being 
entered in the book for that day. 
The collections added to the Museum number 12,339, of which 11,816 
were collected by the officers of the Geological Survey, the remainder having 
either been presented, purchased, or received in exchange. 
Herbarium.—No additions of any importance have been made to the 
collections, principally owing to the want of accommodation ; and for the 
same reason the valuable collection of foreign plants from Kew, referred to 
in last report, is still inaccessible, 
