Neiv Zealand Itistitute. 527 



These are classified as follows: Coals, 14 ; rocks and minerals, 50; metals 

 and ores, 95 ; examination for silver and gold, 152 ; water, 11 ; miscellane- 

 ous, 35. Total 357. 



The results of all analyses having any general interest are stated in full 

 in the Laboratory Eeport, together with the information given by the con- 

 tributors of the specimens upon which these results have been obtained. 



Weights and Measures. — Only a few sets of standfird weights and measures 

 have been verified and re-issued, according to the requirements of the Act, 

 during the past year ; but the majority of the sets at present in use by the 

 local Inspectors will have to be verified, as the statutory term for which 

 they were issued will have terminated. 



LIBRARY. 



Two hundred and fifty volumes have been added to the Library of the 

 Institute, which is now in such a crowded state as to render the provision 

 of further accommodation absolutely necessary. Together with the Library 

 of the Philosophical Society, it now comprises over 4,000 volumes, nearly 

 all of which are valuable works of reference. 



Patent Office lAbrary. — This Library has been arranged in the Lecture 

 Hall, and is now accessible to the public, on application to the Curator. It 

 contains 1,420 volumes. 



Public Library. — This Library, formerly the property of the Provincial 

 Council, has been arranged and catalogued, and comprises 1,200 volumes, 

 but unfortunately, in many cases, important works are rendered incomplete 

 through volumes having been taken away before the collection was removed 

 to the Museum, and, as no record appears to have been kept of persons to 

 whom books were lent, it is now impossible to enforce their return. 



Including private collections of books which are deposited in the Museum, 

 the library available for reference and study numbers about 8,500 volumes 



20th July, 1881. James Hector. 



