NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



Ninth Annual Eepoet, 1876-7. 



Since the last annual report; meetings of the Board were held on the 

 following dates : — 19th September, and 19th December, 1876 ; 17th May, 

 and 9th July, 1877. 



The following members of the Board retired in conformity with the 

 sixth clause of the Act, and were on the 11th January, 1877, re-appointed 

 by His Excellency the Governor — viz., the Hon. Mr. Waterhouse, the Hon. 

 Mr. Stafford, and Dr. Hector. 



The elected Governors by the Incorporated Societies, in accordance with 

 clause 7, were Mr. J. 0. Crawford, Mr. J. T. Thomson, and Mr. T. Kii-k. 



Under Statute IV, of the Bales of the Institute, the under-mentioned 

 were elected honorary members of the New Zealand Institute : The Eev. 

 W. B. Clarke, M.A., F.E.S. ; Professor Etheridge, F.E.S. ; and Dr. S. 

 Berggren. 



The roll of the Institute now numbers as follows : — 



Honorary members ... ... ,.. ... 25 



Ordinary Members. 



WelUngton Philosophical Society ... ... 224 



Auckland Institute ... ... ... ... 285 



Philosophical Institute of Canterbury ... ... 95 



Otago Institute ... ... ... ... 231 



Nelson Association ... ... ... ... 60 



Westland Institute ... ... ... ... 76 



Hawke Bay Philosophical Institute ... ... 69 



Total ... ... ... ... 1,055 



Copies of Vol. IX. have been as usual distributed to the members and 

 in accordance with the free list appended to the volume, the edition having 

 been increased from 1,000 to 1,250 volumes to meet the increased demand. 

 The pubhcation of the volume for 1876 (IX.) was commenced in 

 December of that year, but owing to the large increase in the number of 

 original articles, and also to the fact of an additional number of papers 

 being sent in when the volume was considerably advanced, it was not com- 

 pleted until the end of lla.j, 1877. 



