NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 
Seventa Annuat Report, 1874-75. 
Meetings of the Board of Governors were held on the following dates, 
viz., 8th August, 21st December, 1874, and 11th March, 81st March, and 
4th August, 1875. 
Of the members who retire from the Board—W. T. L. Travers, Esq., 
F.L.S., and the Hon. E. W. Stafford, F.R.G.S., were reappointed, and the 
Hon. W. B. D. Mantell was appointed in the room of Sir David Monro, 
who withdrew. The Governors elected by the affiliated Societies are—His 
Honor William Rolleston, B.A.; Charles Knight, Esq., F.R.C.S.; and 
Thomas Kirk, Esq., F.L.S. 
In conformity with Statute IV. of the Rules of the Institute, the fol- 
lowing gentlemen were elected honorary members :—Alfred Newton, Esq., 
F.R.S.; Professor Wyville Thomson, F.R.S.; Robert M‘Lachlan, Esq., 
F.L.S. 
The number of members on the roll of the Institute is as follows :-— 
Honorary Members 
Ordinary Members :— 
Auckland Institute is Pe 215 
Wellington Pitisonkseal Soviets. “ bss 158 
Otago Institute ... ro es 166 
Philosophical Institute of rere woe ae 91 
Nelson Association Ae =i ee sy 57 
Total 707 
Two honorary members are lost to ne rene since tat report, by the 
death of Sir Charles Lyell and Dr. J. E. Gray; several valuable contribu- 
tions in the zoology of New Zealand have appeared from time to time in 
the Transactions from the latter gentlemen. 
Each of the above members receives a copy of Vol. VII.; the free list, 
herewith appended, are also supplied with copies, and the remainder | 
reserved for sale at £1 1s. each. Local libraries and institutes can obtain 
copies at half-price. 
PusnicaTION oF THE TRANSACTIONS. 
The publication of the volume for 1874 (Vol. VII.), which took place in 
July last, was considerably delayed, owing to the difficulty ior aa by 
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