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  Proceedings. 
  

  

  The 
  nomination 
  for 
  the 
  election 
  of 
  honorary 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Institute 
  

   was 
  made 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  Statute 
  IV. 
  

  

  Prof, 
  Scott 
  gave 
  a 
  lecture 
  on 
  " 
  The 
  Meclianism 
  of 
  Voice 
  and 
  Speech." 
  

  

  Twelfth 
  Meeting. 
  2Qth 
  November, 
  1878. 
  

   W. 
  N. 
  Blair, 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  1. 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  Scientific 
  Form 
  of 
  Harbours," 
  by 
  W. 
  G. 
  Jenkins. 
  

  

  2. 
  "Note 
  accompanying 
  Specimens 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  Eat 
  (Mus 
  rattus, 
  L. 
  j," 
  

   by 
  Taylor 
  White 
  ; 
  communicated 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Hutton. 
  (Transactions, 
  p. 
  343.) 
  

  

  3. 
  " 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  some 
  new 
  Slugs," 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Hutton. 
  (Trans- 
  

   actions, 
  p. 
  331.) 
  

  

  4. 
  " 
  Description 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Isopodous 
  Crustacean 
  (Idotea)," 
  

   by 
  George 
  M. 
  Thomson. 
  (Transactions, 
  p. 
  250.) 
  

  

  5. 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Entomostraca,'" 
  by 
  George 
  M. 
  Thomson. 
  

   (Transactions, 
  p. 
  251.) 
  

  

  Annual 
  General 
  Meeting. 
  Bth 
  February, 
  1879. 
  

   W. 
  N. 
  Blair, 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

   New 
  Members. 
  — 
  T. 
  B. 
  Low, 
  — 
  WiUiams, 
  of 
  Shag 
  Point. 
  

   The 
  Eeport 
  of 
  the 
  Council 
  was 
  read 
  and 
  adopted. 
  

  

  ANNUAL 
  EEPOET. 
  

  

  The 
  Council 
  has 
  much 
  pleasure 
  in 
  presenting 
  its 
  Annual 
  Keport 
  to 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  

   this 
  Institute, 
  and 
  in 
  congratulating 
  them 
  on 
  the 
  progress 
  made. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  last 
  session, 
  thirteen 
  General 
  Meetings 
  have 
  been 
  held. 
  At 
  five 
  of 
  

   these, 
  lectures 
  were 
  delivered 
  to 
  large 
  and 
  appreciative 
  audiences, 
  and 
  the 
  Council 
  

   would 
  take 
  tliis 
  opportunity 
  of 
  recommending 
  the 
  continuance 
  of 
  these 
  popular 
  lectures, 
  

   as 
  tending 
  to 
  foster 
  a 
  more 
  general 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  the 
  Institute. 
  The 
  other 
  

   eight 
  meetings 
  were 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  reading 
  of 
  papers, 
  and 
  were 
  fairly 
  attended. 
  At 
  

   these, 
  twenty-five 
  papers 
  were 
  read 
  by 
  twelve 
  authors, 
  of 
  whom 
  two 
  are 
  resident 
  in 
  the 
  

   North 
  Island, 
  and 
  one 
  in 
  Sydney. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  number 
  of 
  papers 
  yet 
  read 
  in 
  one 
  

   year 
  before 
  the 
  Institute, 
  the 
  numbers 
  for 
  1875, 
  1876, 
  and 
  1877 
  being 
  respectively 
  15, 
  21, 
  

   and 
  16. 
  Of 
  these 
  papers, 
  sixteen 
  relate 
  to 
  Zoology, 
  three 
  to 
  Botany, 
  and 
  six 
  to 
  Mis- 
  

   cellaneous 
  subjects. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  last 
  Annual 
  Meeting, 
  29 
  new 
  members 
  have 
  joined 
  the 
  Institute. 
  Against 
  

   this 
  addition, 
  however, 
  41 
  names 
  have 
  been 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  list, 
  of 
  members 
  who 
  have 
  

   died, 
  retired, 
  or 
  left 
  the 
  district, 
  leaving 
  a 
  total 
  membership 
  of 
  212. 
  One 
  member 
  has 
  

   become 
  a 
  life-member. 
  

  

  The 
  balance-sheet 
  shows 
  that 
  the 
  receipts 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  amounted 
  to 
  £264 
  2s. 
  lld« 
  

   (including 
  a 
  balance 
  from 
  last 
  year 
  of 
  £64 
  2s. 
  lid.), 
  wliile 
  the 
  expenditure 
  was 
  £205 
  

   15s. 
  9d., 
  leaving 
  a 
  balance 
  in 
  the 
  Treasurer's 
  hands 
  of 
  £58 
  7s. 
  2d. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  sum 
  

   of 
  £79 
  8s. 
  5d. 
  in 
  the 
  Government 
  Savings 
  Bank 
  to 
  the 
  credit 
  of 
  the 
  Institute. 
  

  

  