464 



Neio Zealand Institute. 



the cost of publication, the annual vote being now insufficient for that 

 purpose. 



Volume XI. contains 86 articles, and several short notices and abstracts 

 which appear in the Proceedings, 19 plates, and 624 pages of letterpress. 



The following are the sections of the work, as compared with last year's 

 volume : — 



1879. 

 Miscellaneous 186 pages 



Zoology 

 Botany 

 Chemistry... 

 Geology ... 

 Proceedings 

 Appendix .., 



216 



m 



26 

 22 

 66 

 42 



624 



1878. 



190 pages. 



154 



78 



36 



48 



63 



60 



629 



The volumes of Transactions now on hand are 



Vol. I., second edition, 440 ; Vol. II., none ; Vol. III., 8 ; Vol. IV., 6 ; 

 Vol. v., 70; Vol. VI., 75 ; Vol. VII., 165 ; Vol. VIII.. 33; Vol. IX., 170; 

 Vol. X., 20. 



The statement of accounts herewith shows a balance to the credit of the 



Board of £140 16s. 3d. 



The annual reports of the several departments attached to the Institute 

 are also appended. 



James Hector, Manager. 



Approved by the Board, 21st July, 1879. 



Hercules Eobinson, Chairman. 



Museum. 



The number of persons who visited the Museum during the year was 

 16,200 ; but, as many do not enter their names in the book kept for the 

 purj)ose, this does not represent the actual number of visitors. The large 

 attendance on Sunday afternoons shows that the privilege of visiting the 

 building on that day is still appreciated by the pubhc, 4,000 names being 

 entered in the book for that day. 



The collections added to the Museum number 12,339, of which 11,816 

 were collected by the officers of the Geological Survey, the remainder having 

 either been presented, purchased, or received in exchange. 



Herbarium. — No additions of any importance have been made to the 

 collections, principally owing to the want of accommodation ; and for the 

 same reason the valuable collection of foreign plants from Kew, referred to 

 in last report, is still inaccessible. 



