NELSON ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF 

 SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



First Meeting. 21st August, 1874. 



The Bishop of Nelson, Vice-President, in the chair. 



The secretary reported having received from the New Zealand Institute 

 sixty-two copies of Vol. VI. of the Transactions and Proceedings of the New 

 Zealand Institute. 



Letter read, from the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, U.S., accompany- 

 ing a parcel of valuable statistical and other works. 



Resolved, — That a letter of thanks be written to the secretary of the Institute 

 for same. 



Second Meeting. \Qth Novemher, 1874. 



T. Mackay, C.E., in the chair. 



The Bishop of Nelson was chosen to vote in the election of the Board of 

 Governors for the ensuing year, in accordance with clause 7 of the New 

 Zealand Institute Act. 



The nomination for the election of honorarv members of the New Zealand 

 Institute was made, in accordance with Statute IV. 



Third Meeting. lOth Janua/ry, 1875. 



T. Mackay, C.E., in the chair. 



The secretary reported having handed over to the Nelson Institute last 

 year 203 publications, principally of a scientific nature, of the value of £36. 



Fourth Meeting, ^th April, 1875. 



The Bishop of Nelson, Vice-President, in the chair. 



The report and accounts of last year were read and adopted. 



Election of Officers for 1875. — President — Sir David Monro; Vice- 

 President — The Bishop of Nelson; Council — Leonard Boor, M.R.C.S., 

 Charles Hunter-Brown, F. W. Irvine, M.D., Hon. Thos. Ben wick, Joseph 

 Shephard, Geo. Williams, M.D. ; Hon Treasurer and Secretary — T. Mackay, 

 C.E. 



