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  Proceedings. 
  

  

  Institute 
  not 
  being 
  sufficient 
  to 
  keep 
  a 
  taxidermist 
  continuously 
  at 
  work. 
  The 
  most 
  

   urgent 
  requirements 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  are 
  now 
  table 
  cases, 
  through 
  the 
  want 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  

   greater 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  mineralogical 
  collection 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  stowed 
  away 
  in 
  boxes. 
  A 
  large 
  

   show-case 
  for 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  birds 
  is 
  much 
  needed, 
  as 
  also 
  fittings 
  for 
  

   packing 
  away 
  duplicates, 
  specimens 
  selected 
  for 
  exchanges, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Library. 
  — 
  The 
  Council 
  have 
  to 
  acknowledge 
  the 
  receipt 
  of 
  a 
  grant 
  of 
  £95, 
  under 
  the 
  

   Public 
  Libraries 
  Subsidies 
  Act. 
  This 
  amount 
  has 
  been 
  expended 
  in 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  

   standard 
  scientific 
  works, 
  and 
  the 
  books 
  are 
  now 
  on 
  their 
  way 
  from 
  London. 
  The 
  Pro- 
  

   vincial 
  Library 
  still 
  continues 
  under 
  the 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  Institute, 
  under 
  the 
  very 
  unsatisfactory 
  

   arrangement 
  first 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  Government, 
  as 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  report. 
  The 
  

   number 
  of 
  readers 
  has 
  been 
  large, 
  and 
  is 
  still 
  increasing. 
  

  

  No 
  action 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  Government 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  endowment 
  of 
  the 
  

   Museum. 
  The 
  Council 
  very 
  much 
  regret 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  case, 
  for 
  they 
  cannot 
  conceal 
  

   the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  revenue 
  of 
  the 
  Institute 
  — 
  always 
  much 
  too 
  small 
  for 
  the 
  proper 
  fulfil- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  its 
  duties 
  — 
  does 
  not 
  increase 
  in 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  proportion 
  as 
  the 
  demands 
  upon 
  

   it. 
  There 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  if 
  Auckland 
  is 
  to 
  possess 
  a 
  public 
  museum 
  and 
  hbrary 
  

   worthy 
  of 
  the 
  name, 
  an 
  assured 
  and 
  stable 
  income 
  must 
  be 
  granted 
  for 
  its 
  support, 
  and 
  

   that 
  in 
  no 
  case 
  should 
  either 
  the 
  museum 
  or 
  library 
  depend 
  entirely 
  for 
  its 
  existence 
  

   upon 
  the 
  precarious 
  and 
  fluctuating 
  revenue 
  derived 
  from 
  annual 
  subscriptions. 
  The 
  

   Council 
  trust 
  that 
  the 
  Auckland 
  members 
  of 
  Parliament 
  will, 
  during 
  its 
  next 
  session, 
  

   endeavour 
  to 
  obtain 
  some 
  permanent 
  source 
  of 
  revenue 
  for 
  the 
  institution. 
  

  

  The 
  annual 
  balance-sheet 
  showed 
  the 
  receipts 
  to 
  be 
  £525 
  17s. 
  2d, 
  (including 
  the 
  

   balance 
  of 
  £74 
  16s. 
  8d. 
  carried 
  from 
  last 
  year's 
  accounts). 
  The 
  expenditure 
  amounted 
  to 
  

   £496 
  8s. 
  Id., 
  leaving 
  a 
  balance 
  of 
  £29 
  9s. 
  Id. 
  

  

  Election 
  of 
  Officeks 
  foe 
  1879 
  : 
  — 
  President 
  — 
  Eev. 
  A. 
  G. 
  Purchas, 
  

   M.E.C.S.E. 
  ; 
  Council— 
  B. 
  C. 
  Barstow, 
  Eev. 
  J. 
  Bates, 
  J. 
  L. 
  Campbell, 
  M.D., 
  

   J. 
  C. 
  Firth, 
  His 
  Honour 
  Mr. 
  Justice 
  Grillies, 
  T. 
  Heale, 
  Hon. 
  Col. 
  Haultain, 
  

   G. 
  M. 
  Mitford, 
  J. 
  Stewart, 
  M. 
  Inst. 
  G.E., 
  T. 
  F. 
  S. 
  Tinne, 
  F. 
  Whitaker 
  ; 
  

   Auditor 
  — 
  T. 
  Macffarlane 
  ; 
  Secretary 
  and 
  Treasurer 
  — 
  T. 
  F. 
  Cheeseman, 
  F.L.S. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  motion 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Ewington, 
  seconded 
  by 
  Col. 
  Haultain, 
  it 
  was 
  resolved— 
  

  

  " 
  That 
  the 
  thanks 
  of 
  this 
  meeting 
  be 
  accorded 
  to 
  those 
  gentlemen, 
  whose 
  generosity 
  

  

  to 
  the 
  Institute 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  has 
  enabled 
  the 
  Council 
  to 
  lay 
  before 
  it 
  such 
  a 
  

  

  gratifying 
  report." 
  

  

  