578 



Proceedings. 



Volume X. contains 78 articles besides several short notices which appear 

 in the Proceedings, 23 plates, and 629 pages of letter-press. 



The following is a comparison of the sections of the work, with last 

 year's volume : — 



1878. 

 Miscellaneous ... ... ... 190 pages 



Zoology . . . 



Botany 



Chemistry 



Geology 



Proceedings 



Appendix 



154 

 78 

 86 

 48 

 63 

 60 



1877, 



816 pages. 



173 „ 



61 „ 



7 „ 



42 „ 



62 „ 



63 ,. 



629 ,, 724 „ 



The number of Volumes of Transactions now on hand, is as follows : — 

 Vohime I., 2nd edition, 448; Volume II., none; Volume III., 10; 



Volume IV., 8; Volume V., 74; Volume VI., 80; Volume VII., 169; 



Volume VIII., 86 ; Volume IX., 177 ; Volume X., 30. 



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



the Board of £31 Is. lOd. 



The annual reports of the various departments attached to the Institute, 



are also appended, together with a list of the additions to the Library. 



James Hector, Manager. 



Approved by the Board, 4th September, 1878. 



W. B. D. Mantell, Chairman. 



Museum. 



The number of names entered in the Visitors' book at the Museum 

 during the past year has been 15,000. 



Since the 7th July the Museum has been opened to the public for two 

 hours on Sunday afternoons, and the large attendance, varying from 300 to 

 800 persons, indicates that there are many who are glad to take advantage 

 of the opportunity thus afi'orded for examining the collections. 



There have been 9,880 specimens added to the collections during the 

 past year ; 7,519 of which are mineral and fossil specimens obtained during 

 the geological survey of tlie colony which is in progress, and 135 specimens 

 deposited on loan. 



Herharium. — The collections in this department have received only 

 inconsiderable additions, and the arrangements for the thorough preserva- 

 tion of the dried plants are quite insufficient. It has, therefore, been con- 

 sidered inadvisable to unpack the large herbarium of foreign plants until 



