NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 
BixrEENTH Annuat Report. 
Mrermwas of the Board have been held on the following dates: 8rd August, 
1883 ; 20th December, 1883 ; and 20th March, 1884. 
The three members who retired from the Board in conformity with 
clause 6 of the Act were: Mr. W. T. L. Travers, the Hon. Mr. G. Randall 
Johnson, and Dr. Hector ; Mr. Travers and Dr. Hector were reappointed, 
and the Hon. Mr. G. M. Waterhouse fills the place of the Hon. Mr. G. 
R. Johnson. . 
The members elected under clause 7 of the Act are: Mr. James 
McKerrow, Hon. Mr. Rolleston, and Dr. Buller. 
A distinguished honorary member of the Institute has been lost in Dr. 
Ferdinand von Hochstetter, the news of whose death lately reached here. 
Dr. Hochstetter was among the first to be elected in 1870.. There are now 
three vacancies in the roll of honorary members. 
The following are the number of members now on the books of the 
Institute :— 
Honorary Members ... Te AR S he Al 
Ordinary Members— 
Auckland Institute ^ ... .. 905 
Hawke's Bay Philosophical ids Sr ET 
Wellington Philosophical Society — ... 2 046 
Westland Institute — . ur HO 
Philosophical Institute of t Canterbury 22 168 
Otago Institute.. se 498 
Southland Institute ; ist uu NU 
Nelson Philosophical Bedety .. V n Bu 
Total 1,811 
The volumes of Transactions now in stock are: Vol. I. (second edition), 
400; vol. II., none; vol. ILL., none; vol. IV., none; vol. V., 48; vol. VI., 
47; vol. VIL, 146 ; vol. VIIL, none; vol. IX., 150; vol. X., 180; vol. 
XL, 60; vol. XIL, 65; vol. XIIL, 68 ; vol. XIV., 90; vol. XV., 208 ; vol. 
XYI., not fully distributed. 
The printing of Volume XVI. of Transactions of the year was commenced 
the latter end of January and completed the end of April, and issued early 
in May. The volume contains fifty-seven articles, and also addresses and ' 
