536 



New Zealand Institute. 



The volumes now in stock are : Vol I. (second edition), 400 ; vol. II., 

 none; vol. III., none; vol. IV., none; vol. V., 48; vol. VI., 47; vol. 

 VII., 14G; vol. VIII., 18; vol. IX., 150; vol. X., 8; vol. XI., GO; vol. 

 XII., G5; vol. XIII., 68; vol. XIV., 90; vol. XV., not yet fully distributed. 



From the Hon. Treasurer's statement of accounts it will be seen that 

 there is a balance in hand of £77 14s. 7d. 



The annual reports of various Government departments connected with 



the objects of the Institute under the Manager's direction are appended. 



James Hector, 



Manager. 

 Approved by the Board, 3rd August, 1883. 



Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, 



Chairman. 



Accounts of the New Zealand Institute, 1882-83. 



Eeceipts. 



ExPENDITUKE. 



To Balance in hand, 8th August, 

 1882 



Vote for 1882 - 83 



Contribution from Wellington 

 Philosophical Society, one- 

 sixth of annual revenue. . 



Sale of volumes 



Draft from London agents, 

 sale of volumes . . 



£ s. d. 



5 11 10 



500 



28 17 

 5 5 



80 



£619 14 4 



£ s. a. 



By Balance due for printing Vol. 



XIV 19 18 2 



Printing Vol. XV 508 



Binding 1 17 6 



Purchase of second - hand 

 volumes of Transactions, 

 New Zealand Institute, 4 

 volumes . . . . . . 2 2 



Miscellaneous items, contin- 

 gencies, etc. . . . . 10 2 1 



Balance 77 14 7 



£619 14 4 



Arthur Stock, 

 3rd August, 1883. Hon. Treasurer. 



Museum. 

 The estimated number of visitors to the Museum during the year is 

 36,180, of whom a large proportion visited the institution on Sunday after- 

 noons. 



Natural History Collections. 

 The whole of the collections of stuffed skins have been examined and 

 thoroughly cleaned by the Taxidermist. No extensive additions have been 

 made to this section, chiefly because it has now become impossible to dis- 

 play, or even to store, such collections properly, owing to the crowded state 

 of the Museum. 



Pisces. — Under this head it may be mentioned (1) that specimens of 

 Hetropinna richardsoni and Agonostoma forsteri, caught with a rod four miles 

 up the Hutt Kiver, were presented by the Hon. P. A. Buckley, M.L.C. ; 



