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New Zealand 1 ristitiite. 



The supply of volumes now in store is as follows : — Of Volume 1., none ; 

 Volume II., 58 ; Volume III., 53 ; Volume IV., 74 copies. 



The report of the Manager on the condition of the Museum and other 

 establishments placed under his direction, is appended. It shows that valuable 

 additions have been made to the collections in the Museum during the past 

 year, but that the want of sufficient exhibiting space has rendered it necessary 

 to remove a large portion of those additions from exhibition to the public. On 

 this point the Governors feel it to be their duty to point out that the collections 

 in the Museum cannot be properly exhibited, so that the public may derive 

 full advantage from them, without the completion of the building as originally 



designed. 



The Governors also call attention to the expediency of increasing the staff 

 of the Colonial Museum, especially as regards the preparation of articles of 

 Natural History, so that collections of such objects may be distributed to the 

 various Educational Institutions of the Colony in a form calculated to aid in 

 the work of instruction in Natural History. 



G. F. BowEN, President. 



Wellington, 19th September, 1872. 



Accounts of the New Zealand Institute, 1871-72. 



Receipts. 



Balance in hand 

 Vote for 1871-72 

 Contribution from Wellington 



Philosophical Society 

 Sale of Volumes of Transactions 



£ s. 

 94 17 



500 



12 18 

 8 2 



£615 17 11 



Expenditure. 



Expenses of Volume IV. 

 Miscellaneous — Translating, 



Binding, etc. 

 Balance in hands of Treasurer 



£ s. d. 



391 15 



28 9 6 



195 13 5 



£615 17 11 



Walter Mantell, 



Honorary Treasurer. 



17th September, 1872. 



Report by Manager. 



Museum. — The collections in the Museum have been increased during the 

 past year by the addition of 2,169 specimens. 



Birds. The collection of New Zealand birds is now tolerably complete, 



and has been arranged in a suitable cabinet for reference, there being only a 

 few of the specimens set up for exhibition. 



