﻿NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



ANNIYEESARY ADDRESS 



OF 



THE PRESIDENT, 

 HIS EXCELLENCY SIR GEORGE F. BOWEN, G. C. M. G. 



Delivered to the Members op the New Zealand Institute, at the 

 Anniversary Meeting, held on the 23rd September, 1871. 



Gentlemen, — 



It is with great pleasure that I now proceed to open, with the usual 

 anniversary address, the session for 1871 of the New Zealand Institute. 



PROGRESS OF THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



This is the fourth occasion on which we have assembled for the purpose of 

 reviewing the progress achieved by literature and science in this country, and 

 especially the efforts made by onr own Association for their advancement. 

 From the report recently laid before the Legislature, it will be seen that there 

 is ample groxind for congratulation in the continued success of the scheme 

 under which we are organised. During the last twelve months our numbers 

 have been increased by the accession of above two hundred new members ; 

 while the society recently formed at Nelson " for the promotion of science and 

 industry " has been affiliated. The connection of all the chief provinces and 

 cities of the Colony with this central body has thus been completed. Nor is 

 it less gratifying to observe that our Transactions have been very favourably 

 reviewed by many high authorities, both in England and on the continent of 

 Europe ; and that strong opinions have been expressed to the effect that a 

 similar Institute for the systematic organisation of the various literary and 

 scientific societies is urgently required in the mother country. 



The progress and popularity of the New Zealand Institute may be regarded 

 as a not unimportant evidence of the condition of intellectual studies and 

 tastes in this community. And here I may be permitted to allude to what 



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