WESTLAND INWTITUTE 
Asstract or EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL Report. 
The number of members on the roll is 110. During the year there have been twelve 
ordinary and two special meetings of the Institute. The revenue for the year, including 
a balance from last account and various subsidies, has been £318 13s. 2d., and the expen- 
diture, decns on Vienn to the Library and Reading-room, was £251 7s. 8d. 
mittee had received a letter from the Otago Institute recommending the 
severance à m füliated Societies from the New Zealand Institute. The Committee 
replied that they were perfectly satisfied with the present arrangements, but that, if it 
could be shown that the interests of science would be furthered by such a change as that 
proposed, they would at a future meeting be willing to consider the matter, 
