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New Zealand Institute. 



The volumes of the Transactions now on hand are — Vol. I., 410 ; 

 vol. II., none; vol. III., none; vol. IV., none ; vol. V., 50; vol. VI., 50; 

 vol. VII., 150 ; vol. VIII., 20 ; vol. IX., 1G0 ; vol. X., 10 ; vol. XI., 70 ; 

 vol. XII., 70 ; vol. XIII., 70 ; vol. XIV., not yet fully distributed. 



From the Hon. Treasurer's balance-sheet it will be seen that there is a 

 balance of £5 lis. lOd. to the credit of the Board, against which there is 

 the balance due to the publishers of £12 13s. 2d. ; on the other hand there 

 is a considerable balance from the sale of volumes in the hands of the 

 London Agents. 



The Annual Eeports of the various departments connected with the 

 Institute are appended. 



James Hector, 



Manager. 

 Approved by the Board, 8th August, 1882 : 

 G. Eandall Johnson, 



Chairman. 



Accounts of the New Zealand Institute, 1881-82. 



Beceipts. 



Expenditure. 



£ s. 



Balance in hand, 28th July, 







1881 



49 



2 1 



Vote for 1881-82 



500 







Contributions from Wellington 







Philosophical Society (one- 







sixth of annual revenue) . . 



20 



19 10 



Sale of volumes 



19 



19 



Printing Vol. XIV 



Purchase of second-hand Vols, 

 of Transactions of New Zea- 

 land Institute, 5 vols., &c. . 



Miscellaneous 



Balance in hand 



£ 

 582 



5 



2 1 



11 10 



£590 11 



£590 11 



Arthur Stock, 



Hon. Treasurer. 

 8th August, 1882. 



Museum. 



The number of names entered in the Visitors' Book during the year is 

 19,000 (week-days, 10,000 ; Sundays, 9,000) but, as mentioned in previous 

 reports, this gives no adequate idea of the number of persons visiting the 

 institution, as comparatively few care to sign the register. The usual 

 average daily attendance is about fifty on week-days, and 150 on Sundays. 

 Natural History Collections. 



The additions to this section have been somewhat extensive ; but the 

 excessively crowded state of the Museum Department renders the exhibi- 

 tion of recent acquisitions quite impossible, until further accommodation is 

 provided. 



