﻿Aucldand 
  Institute. 
  551 
  

  

  the 
  Council 
  on 
  the 
  subject, 
  offering, 
  on 
  his 
  part, 
  to 
  provide 
  a 
  competent 
  instructor 
  and 
  to 
  

   bear 
  all 
  the 
  expenses 
  of 
  the 
  school 
  if 
  the 
  Institute 
  would 
  grant 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  their 
  lecture- 
  

   room 
  for 
  the 
  purpose. 
  This 
  proposal 
  was 
  accepted 
  by 
  the 
  Council, 
  and 
  the 
  school 
  has 
  

   now 
  been 
  in 
  operation 
  for 
  some 
  time. 
  From 
  twenty 
  to 
  thirty 
  students 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  

   attendance, 
  and 
  the 
  results 
  promise 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  every 
  way 
  satisfactory. 
  

  

  A 
  complete 
  list 
  of 
  all 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  appended, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  

   only 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  mention 
  here 
  those 
  of 
  special 
  importance 
  in 
  the 
  different 
  classes. 
  

  

  1. 
  Mammalia. 
  — 
  The 
  only 
  additions 
  in 
  this 
  class 
  are 
  an 
  interesting 
  collection 
  of 
  bats, 
  

   made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Parsons 
  in 
  the 
  Friendly 
  Islands, 
  and 
  some 
  good 
  specimens 
  of 
  Ornitho- 
  

   rliynclms 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  Marsupials, 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  A. 
  H. 
  Monro. 
  

  

  2. 
  Birds. 
  — 
  Four 
  hundred 
  and 
  thirty-five 
  skins 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  

   Of 
  these 
  about 
  200 
  are 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  species, 
  collected 
  partly 
  to 
  supply 
  deficiencies 
  in 
  

   the 
  type 
  cohection, 
  and 
  partly 
  for 
  exchanges 
  with 
  foreign 
  museums. 
  From 
  the 
  Australian 
  

   Museum, 
  Sydney, 
  103 
  skins 
  have 
  been 
  forwarded, 
  principally 
  of 
  Australian 
  species. 
  A 
  

   collection 
  of 
  60 
  European 
  species 
  has 
  also 
  come 
  to 
  hand 
  from 
  the 
  Geneva 
  Museum. 
  Mr. 
  

   Parsons 
  has 
  presented 
  61 
  skins, 
  all 
  obtained 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Vavau, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Samoan 
  

   Group. 
  Under 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Oology 
  should 
  be 
  mentioned 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  European 
  birds' 
  eggs, 
  

   forwarded 
  in 
  exchange 
  by 
  the 
  Geneva 
  Museum, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  species 
  contri- 
  

   buted 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  H. 
  Potts, 
  of 
  Canterbury. 
  

  

  3. 
  Fishes 
  and 
  Reptiles. 
  — 
  The 
  most 
  noteworthy 
  addition 
  is 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Parsons, 
  of 
  

   Vavau, 
  and 
  is 
  especially 
  valuable, 
  not 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  species, 
  but 
  also 
  from 
  the 
  

   large 
  number 
  of 
  duplicate 
  specimens 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  useful 
  for 
  exchanges. 
  The 
  Institute 
  

   is 
  also 
  indebted 
  to 
  Captain 
  Fairchild, 
  of 
  the 
  s.s. 
  Hinemoa, 
  for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  Tuatara 
  

   Uzards 
  (Splienodon), 
  obtained 
  on 
  Karewa 
  Island, 
  near 
  Tauranga. 
  

  

  4. 
  Invertebrata. 
  — 
  The 
  collection 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Mollusca 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  has 
  been 
  

   largely 
  increased 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  small 
  parcels 
  of 
  foreign 
  species 
  have 
  also 
  

   been 
  received, 
  principally 
  from 
  the 
  Polynesian 
  Islands. 
  A 
  series 
  of 
  Swiss 
  Coleoptera, 
  

   also 
  of 
  Crustacea 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  Europe 
  and 
  the 
  Mauritius,. 
  are 
  among 
  the 
  exchanges 
  

   received 
  from 
  the 
  Geneva 
  Museum. 
  An 
  excellent 
  collection 
  of 
  butterflies 
  from 
  New 
  

   Britain 
  and 
  New 
  Ii-eland, 
  forwarded 
  by 
  the 
  society's 
  old 
  friend, 
  the 
  Eev. 
  G. 
  Brown, 
  must 
  

   also 
  not 
  be 
  overlooked. 
  

  

  5. 
  Ethnology. 
  — 
  A 
  set 
  of 
  plaster 
  casts 
  of 
  the 
  heads 
  of 
  Polynesians 
  of 
  different 
  races, 
  

   taken 
  from 
  models 
  obtained 
  during 
  the 
  expedition 
  of 
  Dumont 
  D'Urville, 
  has 
  been 
  received 
  

   from 
  the 
  Paris 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History. 
  From 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  N. 
  Eust, 
  of 
  Chicago, 
  U.S., 
  

   comes 
  a 
  very 
  interesting 
  collection, 
  including 
  crania 
  of 
  the 
  Flat-head 
  Indians, 
  also 
  of 
  the 
  

   ancient 
  Mound-builders 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  Valley, 
  with 
  specimens 
  of 
  their 
  peculiar 
  

   pottery, 
  stone 
  adzes, 
  flint 
  arrow-heads, 
  etc. 
  

  

  6. 
  Geology 
  and 
  Mineralogy. 
  — 
  A 
  type 
  collection 
  of 
  400 
  specimens 
  of 
  rocks, 
  purchased 
  

   in 
  London 
  from 
  the 
  well-known 
  mineralogist, 
  Mr. 
  I. 
  E. 
  Gregory, 
  has 
  been 
  received, 
  but 
  

   still 
  remains 
  unpacked, 
  there 
  being 
  no 
  cases 
  available 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  place 
  it. 
  Several 
  

   small 
  contributions 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  rocks 
  and 
  minerals 
  have 
  been 
  made, 
  but 
  nothing 
  

   calling 
  for 
  special 
  mention. 
  

  

  New 
  Fittings. 
  — 
  Additional 
  accommodation 
  for 
  stuffed 
  birds 
  and 
  mammals 
  has 
  been 
  

   obtained 
  by 
  the 
  erection 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  show-case 
  along 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  Hall. 
  

   The 
  cost 
  — 
  £106 
  — 
  has 
  been 
  liberally 
  defrayed 
  by 
  a 
  friend 
  of 
  the 
  Institute, 
  who, 
  however, 
  

   desires 
  that 
  his 
  name 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  made 
  pubhc. 
  About 
  300 
  birds 
  and 
  30 
  mammals 
  

   have 
  been 
  mounted 
  and 
  placed 
  on 
  exhibition 
  dming 
  the 
  year, 
  but 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  skins 
  

   received 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  twelve 
  months 
  still 
  remain 
  packed 
  up 
  in 
  cases, 
  the 
  funds 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  