NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



Sixth Annual Report. 



The Board of Governors met during the past year for the transaction of 

 business on the 29th of July, 1873, and 6th of January, 1874. 



The retiring members of the Board for the year were reappointed, and the 

 Governors elected by the affiliated societies were — Mr. Justice Chapman, 

 Mr. Rolleston, M.H.K, and Mr. J. C. Crawford. 



The • following foreign members were elected for the year, in accordance 

 with Statute lY. :— Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., F.R.S. ; Albert Gunther, M.D., 

 r.B.S. j Rev. 0. Pickard Cambridge, M.A., C.M.Z.S. 



The number of members now on the roll of the Institute is as follows : — 



Honorary Members ... ... ... ... ... 18 



Ordinary Members : 



Auckland Institute ... ... ... ... 214 



Wellington Philosophical Society 

 Otago Institute 



Philosophical Institute of Canterbury 

 Nelson Association 



146 

 128 



76 

 69 



Making a total of ... ... ... ... 641 



The Institute has lost one foreign member during the year, by the death of 

 Professor Louis Agassiz. 



Each of the members included in the above list receives a copy of the 

 sixth volume of the Transactions and Proceedings of the Institute, free of 

 cost. 



The free list, a copy of which is appended, requires seventy-nine volumes ; 

 and the remainder of the edition of 900 volumes is reserved for sale at 

 XI Is. each to private individuals, and at half price to local libraries in the 

 colony. 



The printing of the sixth volume was commenced in January last, but 

 owing to the excessive demand for all kinds of labour during the present 

 season, from the influence of which the printer's business was not exempt, the 

 contract could not be completed so soon as usual, and the book was not issued 

 until the end of June. Some extra delay was also caused through the late 

 date at which the papers were received, and to allow Mr. J. T. Thomson to 

 correct the proof sheets of his ethnographical paper ; and, lastly, owing to the 

 very large number of illustrations. 



