NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



Thirteenth Annual Report. 



The following are the dates upon which meetings of the Board have been 

 held : 21st July and 31st December, 1880. 



The retii^ng members from the Board, in conformity with the Act, were 

 Mr. W. T. L. Travers, the Hon. G. R. Johnson, and Dr. Hector, all of 

 whom were reappointed by His Excellency the Governor. 



The elected governors under clause 7 of the Act are : — Dr. Newman, 

 Captain Eussell, M.H.R,, and Mr. J. McKerrow. 



The vacancy on the roll of honorary members, caused by the death of 

 Dr. Garrod, was filled by the election of the Marquis of Normanby. Two 

 other vacancies have occurred in the roll of honorary'- members, through the 

 death of Dr. Lauder Lindsay and Dr. Filhol. 



The members on the roll of the Institute now number as follows : — 

 Honorary members ... ... ... ... ... 28 



Ordinary members — 



Auckland Institute 277 



Hawke's Bay Philosophical Society ... 



.. 85 



Wellington Philosophical Society 



.. 274 



Nelson Association 



.. 50 



Westland Institute ... ... ... 



.. 100 



Philosophical Institute of Canterbury 



.. 219 



Otago Institute 



.. 216 



Southland Institute ... 



66 



1,315 



Since the last report the Southland Institute has been incorporated, in 

 terms of the Act, with the New Zealand Institute. 



The printing of Vol. XIII. was commenced on the 18th January, and 

 completed on the 28th March, and a portion of the edition ready for issue 

 early in May. The volume contains sixty-two articles, also Presidents' 

 Addresses, and abstracts of papers which appear in the Proceedings and 

 Appendix. There are 508 pages of letter-press and eighteen plates. 



