AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



Special General Meeting, ith January^ 1872. 



T. Heale, President, in the chair. 



This meeting was held to consider the state of the Building Fund, and the 

 President detailed the various steps taken towards the formation of such 

 a fund. 



Annual General Meeting. \Zih May, 1872. 



T. Heale, President, in the chair. 



New members. — Hon. J". D. Ormond, Hon. C. J. Taylor, P. C. Jordan. 

 The list of donations to the library and museum was read by the Secretary. 



ABSTRACT OF ANNUAL REPORT. 



Seven meetings have been held during the past year, at which twenty 

 papers were read. 



The Museum has been lighted with gas and kept open till 9 p.m. on every 

 Wednesday, and has been well attended. 



An effort has been made to raise funds for erecting a suitable buildinoc 

 for a Public Museum and Free Library. The late Dr. Stratford liberally 

 bequeathed £100 towards this object on condition of X400 being raised in 

 sums of not less than £50. Liberal donations were also made by other 

 people, but owing to the Provincial Council refusing to grant £1,000 in aid 

 on condition of a similar amount being subscribed for privately the effort to 

 raise the £2,500 required has been frustrated. 



Numerous and valuable donations to the Library and Museum have 

 been made, including a large number of valuable works from Capt. F. W. 

 Hutton, F.G.S. 



Eighty volumes have been added to the Library by purchase out of the 

 Provincial grant, and purchases for the Museum from the same source are 

 now on the way from England. 



The receipts for the year ending 19th February, 1872, amount to £330 

 19s. 3d., and the expenditure to £298 18s. lid., leaving a balance in hand of 



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