﻿NEW 
  ZEALAND 
  INSTITUTE. 
  

  

  27 
  

  

  Tenth 
  Annual 
  Eepobt, 
  1877-78. 
  

   Meetings 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  have 
  been 
  held 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  on 
  29th 
  of 
  

   August, 
  and 
  8th 
  September, 
  1877 
  ; 
  and 
  2nd 
  January, 
  29th 
  of 
  May, 
  and 
  

   28th 
  June, 
  1878. 
  

  

  In 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  Act, 
  the 
  following 
  members 
  retired 
  from 
  the 
  

   Board 
  : 
  — 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  T. 
  L. 
  Travers, 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Mr. 
  Waterhouse 
  and 
  the 
  Hon. 
  

   Mr. 
  Stafford. 
  The 
  two 
  former 
  gentlemen 
  were 
  re-appointed, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  

   Thomas 
  Mason 
  was 
  appointed 
  in 
  the 
  room 
  of 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Mr. 
  Stafford. 
  

  

  In 
  compliance 
  with 
  clause 
  7 
  of 
  the 
  Act, 
  the 
  Incorporated 
  Societies 
  

   elected 
  the 
  following 
  gentlemen 
  as 
  Governors 
  of 
  the 
  Institute 
  : 
  — 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  C. 
  

   Crawford, 
  F.G.S., 
  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  Kirk, 
  F.L.S., 
  and 
  the 
  Bishop 
  of 
  Nelson. 
  

  

  The 
  honorary 
  members 
  elected 
  under 
  Statute 
  IV. 
  of 
  the 
  rules 
  of 
  the 
  

   Institute, 
  are 
  : 
  — 
  His 
  Excellency 
  Governor 
  F. 
  A, 
  Weld, 
  C.M.G., 
  Tasmania 
  ; 
  

   Professor 
  Spencer 
  Baird, 
  U.S.A. 
  ; 
  and 
  Dr. 
  D. 
  Sharp, 
  Scotland. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  members 
  now 
  on 
  the 
  roll 
  of 
  the 
  Institute, 
  

   showing 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  113 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year; 
  — 
  

   Honorary 
  Members 
  

   Ordinary 
  Members 
  : 
  

   Auckland 
  Institute 
  

   Hawke 
  Bay 
  Philosophical 
  Institute 
  

   Wellington 
  Philosophical 
  Society 
  ... 
  

   Nelson 
  Association 
  ... 
  

   Westland 
  Institute 
  ... 
  

   Canterbury 
  Philosophical 
  Institute... 
  

   Otago 
  Institute 
  ... 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Volume 
  X. 
  is 
  now 
  being 
  issued 
  to 
  members, 
  and 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  various 
  

   Libraries, 
  Societies, 
  and 
  persons 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  list 
  appended. 
  

  

  The 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  volume 
  was 
  commenced 
  on 
  the 
  2nd 
  January, 
  and 
  

   the 
  first 
  copies 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  publisher 
  towards 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  May. 
  

  

  The 
  large 
  accession 
  of 
  members 
  to 
  the 
  affiliated 
  Societies, 
  not 
  having 
  

   been 
  notified 
  to 
  the 
  Manager 
  at 
  a 
  sufficiently 
  early 
  date, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   copies 
  of 
  Volume 
  X. 
  was 
  not 
  increased, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  edition 
  will 
  be 
  at 
  once 
  

   exhausted, 
  and 
  no 
  spare 
  copies 
  of 
  this 
  volume 
  wiU 
  remain 
  on 
  hand. 
  

  

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