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  Proceedings. 
  

  

  who 
  came 
  to 
  this 
  colony 
  en 
  masse 
  from 
  North 
  America, 
  and 
  now 
  reside 
  in 
  

   the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Waipu 
  and 
  Whangarei, 
  numbering 
  with 
  children 
  about 
  1,000 
  

   souls. 
  Out 
  of 
  this 
  small 
  population 
  two 
  have 
  died 
  at 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  96, 
  and 
  in 
  

   addition 
  to 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  who 
  reached 
  various 
  ages 
  between 
  80 
  

   and 
  90, 
  three 
  have 
  died 
  within 
  the 
  present 
  year 
  at 
  the 
  ages 
  of 
  90, 
  88, 
  and 
  

   86. 
  There 
  are 
  other 
  five 
  men 
  and 
  women 
  with 
  whom 
  the 
  author 
  is 
  well 
  

   acquainted, 
  now 
  alive 
  and 
  in 
  good 
  health, 
  at 
  the 
  ages 
  of 
  92, 
  89, 
  87, 
  85, 
  

   and 
  83. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  those 
  living 
  and 
  dead, 
  who 
  have 
  reached 
  fourscore, 
  

   is 
  also 
  considerable 
  ; 
  in 
  fact, 
  it 
  is 
  with 
  them 
  a 
  common 
  age, 
  and 
  calls 
  

   forth 
  but 
  little 
  comment. 
  

  

  Annual 
  General 
  Meeting, 
  llth 
  February, 
  1879. 
  

   E. 
  C. 
  Bar 
  stow 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  New 
  Members.— 
  J. 
  L. 
  BagnaU, 
  W. 
  C. 
  Breakell, 
  C.E., 
  W. 
  Burton, 
  A. 
  D. 
  

   L. 
  Hammond, 
  T. 
  Lindesay, 
  J. 
  McCoU, 
  S. 
  Vaile. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  read 
  the 
  miuutes 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  annual 
  meeting, 
  held 
  18th 
  February, 
  1878. 
  

  

  annual 
  report. 
  

  

  The 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  Auckland 
  Institute, 
  in 
  presenting 
  their 
  report 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  year, 
  

   have 
  again 
  to 
  congratulate 
  the 
  members 
  on 
  the 
  steady 
  progress 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  society, 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  increasing 
  interest 
  manifested 
  by 
  the 
  public 
  in 
  its 
  operations. 
  Twenty-five 
  new 
  

   members 
  have 
  been 
  elected 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  The 
  Council 
  regret 
  to 
  have 
  to 
  record 
  the 
  

   death 
  of 
  five 
  members. 
  There 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  a 
  few 
  withdrawals, 
  principally 
  caused 
  by 
  

   removals 
  to 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  colony. 
  The 
  total 
  number 
  on 
  the 
  register 
  is 
  now 
  281. 
  Six 
  

   meetings 
  have 
  been 
  held 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  session. 
  The 
  attendance 
  on 
  the 
  whole 
  was 
  

   satisfactory, 
  although 
  there 
  is 
  room 
  for 
  improvement 
  in 
  this 
  direction. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  satisfactory 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  the 
  additions 
  and 
  donations 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  

   have 
  been 
  far 
  greater 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  previous 
  yea,r. 
  The 
  Council 
  have 
  especial 
  pleasure 
  in 
  

   drawing 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  truly 
  magnificent 
  donation 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  Eussell, 
  C.M.G., 
  of 
  

   a 
  series 
  of 
  full-size 
  plaster-casts 
  from 
  the 
  most 
  celebrated 
  statues 
  of 
  antiquity. 
  The 
  

   importance 
  of 
  this 
  gift 
  can 
  hardly 
  be 
  over-estimated 
  ; 
  not 
  only 
  is 
  it 
  valuable 
  from 
  the 
  

   beauty 
  of 
  the 
  figures 
  themselves, 
  but 
  more 
  especially 
  from 
  affording 
  to 
  art-students 
  an 
  

   opportunity 
  — 
  hitherto 
  entirely 
  wanting 
  — 
  of 
  studying 
  and 
  working 
  from 
  accurate 
  copies 
  of 
  

   the 
  unequalled 
  productions 
  of 
  ancient 
  Greece 
  and 
  Eome. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  full-sized 
  

   figures 
  is 
  twenty-two, 
  of 
  busts 
  eleven. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  these, 
  Mr. 
  Eussell 
  has 
  forwarded 
  

   terra-cotta 
  busts 
  of 
  the 
  Prince 
  and 
  Princess 
  of 
  Wales, 
  modelled 
  by 
  the 
  well-known 
  

   sculptor 
  Count 
  Gleichen. 
  Mr. 
  Eussell's 
  communications 
  were, 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  instance, 
  made 
  

   through 
  Dr. 
  Campbell. 
  This 
  gentleman, 
  well 
  aware 
  that 
  the 
  funds 
  at 
  the 
  disposal 
  of 
  the 
  

   Institute 
  are 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  sufficient 
  to 
  meet 
  current 
  expenditure, 
  most 
  kindly 
  offered 
  

   to 
  defray 
  all 
  expenses 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  the 
  pedestals 
  and 
  the 
  unpacking 
  

   of 
  the 
  casts 
  and 
  then- 
  erection 
  in 
  the 
  Museum. 
  Thanks 
  to 
  this 
  timely 
  and 
  welcome 
  

   liberality, 
  the 
  whole 
  consignment 
  has 
  been 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  without 
  any 
  expense 
  to 
  

   the 
  Institute. 
  

  

  It 
  also 
  occurred 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Campbell 
  that 
  the 
  advent 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Eussell's 
  presentation 
  might 
  

   very 
  well 
  be 
  taken 
  advantage 
  of 
  to 
  estabUsh 
  a 
  school 
  of 
  design. 
  He, 
  therefore, 
  addressed 
  

  

  