NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



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Tenth Annual Eepobt, 1877-78. 

 Meetings of the Board have been held during the past year on 29th of 

 August, and 8th September, 1877 ; and 2nd January, 29th of May, and 

 28th June, 1878. 



In accordance with the Act, the following members retired from the 

 Board : — Mr. W. T. L. Travers, the Hon. Mr. Waterhouse and the Hon. 

 Mr. Stafford. The two former gentlemen were re-appointed, and Mr. 

 Thomas Mason was appointed in the room of the Hon. Mr. Stafford. 



In compliance with clause 7 of the Act, the Incorporated Societies 

 elected the following gentlemen as Governors of the Institute : — Mr. J. C. 

 Crawford, F.G.S., Mr. Thomas Kirk, F.L.S., and the Bishop of Nelson. 



The honorary members elected under Statute IV. of the rules of the 

 Institute, are : — His Excellency Governor F. A, Weld, C.M.G., Tasmania ; 

 Professor Spencer Baird, U.S.A. ; and Dr. D. Sharp, Scotland. 



The following is a list of members now on the roll of the Institute, 

 showing an increase of 113 during the past year; — 

 Honorary Members 

 Ordinary Members : 

 Auckland Institute 

 Hawke Bay Philosophical Institute 

 Wellington Philosophical Society ... 

 Nelson Association ... 

 Westland Institute ... 

 Canterbury Philosophical Institute... 

 Otago Institute ... 



Total 



Volume X. is now being issued to members, and also to the various 

 Libraries, Societies, and persons mentioned in the list appended. 



The publication of the volume was commenced on the 2nd January, and 

 the first copies were received from the publisher towards the end of May. 



The large accession of members to the affiliated Societies, not having 

 been notified to the Manager at a sufficiently early date, the number of 

 copies of Volume X. was not increased, so that the edition will be at once 

 exhausted, and no spare copies of this volume wiU remain on hand. 



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