NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



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FOURTEENTH ANNUAL KePOET. 



The Board held meetings on the 28th July, and 11th November, 1881. 



The retiring members, in conformity with the Act, were Messrs.- W. T. 

 L. Travers, T. Mason, and the Hon. G. E. Johnson, all of whom were re- 

 appointed by His Excellency the Governor. 



The elected members under clause 7 of the Act are : Mr. Justice Gillies, 

 the Hon. Win. Eolleston and Mr. James McKerrow. 



There are now five vacancies on the roll of honorary members. 

 The members on the roll of the Institute now number : — 

 Honorary members 

 Ordinary members — 

 Auckland Institute 



Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute... 

 Wellington Philosophical Society 

 Westland Institute 



Philosophical Institute of Canterbury 

 Otago Institute... 

 Southland Institute 



1,285 

 The Nelson Association having withdrawn from incorporation, the 

 number is nominally less than that for last year by fifty members. 



The printing of Volume XIV. was commenced in February and completed 

 early in April, a portion of the edition being ready for issue towards the 

 end of May. The volume contains seventy-eight articles, also Presidents' 

 Addresses and abstracts of papers, which appear in the Proceedings and 

 Appendix. There are 610 pages of letter-press and 39 plates. 



The following is a division of the contents of the volume for comparison 

 with last year's work : — 



Miscellaneous 



Zoology 



Botany 



Chemistry . . 



Geology 



Proceedings.. 



Appendix 





.. 107 



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.. 277 



. 



.. 100 





.. 197 



. 



.. 213 





.. 65 



1882.. 



1881. 



Pages. 



Pages. 



200 



170 



144 



79 



104 



147 



16 



4 



52 



21 



54 



42 



40 



40 



33 



610 



503 



