440 



Sixteenth Annual 'Report. 



abstracts of articles which are included in the Proceedings and Appendix. 

 There are 639 pages of letter-press and forty-four plates. The following is 

 a comparison of the contents of the volume with that for the previous 

 year :— 



Miscellaneous 

 Zoology . . . 

 Botany . . . 

 Chemistry 

 Geology . . . 

 Proceedings 

 Appendix . . . 



639 586 



The Honorary Treasurer's statement of accounts is appended, from 

 which it will be seen that there is a liability amounting to £67 16s. lid., 

 the balance due on account of printing of vol. XVI,, against which there is 

 a sum of £39 5s. lfd. in the hands of the London agent, making a defi- 

 ciency on the year's accounts of £28 lis. 9-Jd. 



1884. 



1883. 



Pages. 



Pages. 



72 



.. 90 



324 



.. 236 



118 



.. 124 



4 



— 



13 



.. 60 



46 



.. 26 



62 



.. 50 



Approved by the Board, 30th September, 1884. 

 Wm. F. Drummond Jeevois, 



Chairman. 



James Hector, 



Manager. 



New Zealand Institute Accounts, 1883-4. 



Eeceipts. 



ExPENDITUKE. 



£ s. a. 



To Balance in hand, 3rd Aug., 



1883 77 14 7 



Parliamentary vote for 1883- 



84 .. .. .. 500 



Contribution from Welling- 

 ton Philosophical Soci- 

 ety, one-sixth of annual 



revenue 35 3 6 



Sale of volumes* . . 7 6 



£ s. d. 

 By Balance due for printing 



vol. XV 76 11 4 



Printing vol. XVI. (on ac- 

 count)! 543 10 8 



Miscellaneous items . . 2 1 



£620 4 1 



£620 4 1 



* Exclusive of balance in hands of London agent, £39 5s. l^d. 

 t Liability for printing vol. XVI., £67 16s. lid. 



Arthur Stock, 

 30th September, 1884. Hon Treasurer. 



