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  Proceedings, 
  

  

  2. 
  " 
  On 
  a 
  new 
  Fish 
  found 
  at 
  Hokitika," 
  by 
  F. 
  E. 
  Clarke. 
  {Transactions, 
  

   p. 
  295.) 
  

  

  3. 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  D. 
  Campbell 
  gave 
  a 
  short 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  moa 
  

   bones 
  near 
  Marsden. 
  

  

  Annual 
  General 
  Meeting. 
  13^/i 
  December, 
  1878. 
  

  

  R. 
  C. 
  Raid, 
  Vice-president, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  Election 
  of 
  Oeficers 
  for 
  1879. 
  — 
  Preddent 
  — 
  His 
  Honour 
  Judge 
  Weston 
  

   Vice-president 
  — 
  E. 
  C. 
  Eeid 
  ; 
  Committee 
  — 
  Dr. 
  James, 
  Dr. 
  Giles, 
  James 
  Pear- 
  

   son, 
  R. 
  W. 
  Wade, 
  E. 
  B. 
  Dixon, 
  John 
  Nicholson, 
  H. 
  L. 
  Robinson, 
  D. 
  

   McDonald, 
  W. 
  D. 
  Campbell, 
  Robert 
  Walker, 
  A. 
  H. 
  King, 
  T. 
  0. 
  W. 
  Croft 
  

   Treasurer 
  — 
  W. 
  A. 
  Spence 
  ; 
  Secretary 
  — 
  John 
  Anderson. 
  

  

  ABSTRACT 
  OF 
  ANNUAL 
  REPORT. 
  

  

  The 
  Committee 
  held 
  eleven 
  ordinary 
  and 
  three 
  sf)ecial 
  meetings 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  Nearly 
  200 
  volumes 
  of 
  standard 
  works 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  library, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Committee 
  acknowledge 
  nimierous 
  donations 
  to 
  the 
  library 
  and 
  museum. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  last 
  annual 
  meeting 
  the 
  liabilities 
  amounted 
  to 
  £74 
  7s. 
  2d. 
  ; 
  now, 
  however, 
  a 
  

   small 
  credit 
  balance 
  is 
  shown. 
  Among 
  the 
  receipts 
  was 
  a 
  sum 
  of 
  £96, 
  being 
  part 
  of 
  tha 
  

   sum 
  voted 
  by 
  Parliament 
  for 
  public 
  libraries. 
  

  

  