AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



First Meeting. Jime 13, 1870. 

 Rev. Dr. Purclias, President, in the chair. 

 A list of newly elected members was read. 



ABSTRACT OF ANNUAL REPORT, 



The Auckland Institute was formed at the commencement of 1868, 

 and at the close of 1869 numbei-ed 67 members. At the present date 

 the number of members is 130. During the two years of its exist- 

 ence it has been instrumental in placing upon public record, in the 

 " Transactions of the New Zealand Institute," a considerable amount of 

 scientific information on the Geology, Natural History, and Botany of 

 the colony, and on other subjects of considerable value. It has also 

 maintained and extended, as far as its resources would allow, a Public 

 Museum and a small Reference Library. 



The Secretary read a list of donations made to the Museum and 

 Library since Pebriiary last. 



Tne President then gave the following 



ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS. 



In entering upon the third session of our Institute, it is pleasant to 

 be able to congratulate you upon the continued increase in our numbers. 

 At the end of our first year (1868) we had on our list the names of 

 68 members out of 2.55 belonging to the four societies incorporated with 

 the New Zealand Institute. In the return for last year we rank first, 

 having 100 members out of a total of 342, and our list for this year at 

 the present date numbers 130. 



It must be gratifying to the founders of the New Zealand Institute 

 to witness the success with which their efibrts have hitherto been 

 attended. The fact that so many persons in various parts of the colony 

 should thus have united together to promote the objects for which the 

 Institute was founded, is highly encouraging, and full of hojDe for the 

 future. Hitherto it is true that the active workers have been compara- 

 tively few in number ; but there is reason to hope that from time to 



