﻿578 
  

  

  Proceedings. 
  

  

  Volume 
  X. 
  contains 
  78 
  articles 
  besides 
  several 
  short 
  notices 
  which 
  appear 
  

   in 
  the 
  Proceedings, 
  23 
  plates, 
  and 
  629 
  pages 
  of 
  letter-press. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  work, 
  with 
  last 
  

   year's 
  volume 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1878. 
  

   Miscellaneous 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  190 
  pages 
  

  

  Zoology 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Botany 
  

  

  Chemistry 
  

  

  Geology 
  

  

  Proceedings 
  

  

  Appendix 
  

  

  154 
  

   78 
  

   86 
  

   48 
  

   63 
  

   60 
  

  

  1877, 
  

  

  816 
  pages. 
  

  

  173 
  „ 
  

  

  61 
  „ 
  

  

  7 
  „ 
  

  

  42 
  „ 
  

  

  62 
  „ 
  

  

  63 
  ,. 
  

  

  629 
  ,, 
  724 
  „ 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  Volumes 
  of 
  Transactions 
  now 
  on 
  hand, 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

   Vohime 
  I., 
  2nd 
  edition, 
  448; 
  Volume 
  II., 
  none; 
  Volume 
  III., 
  10; 
  

  

  Volume 
  IV., 
  8; 
  Volume 
  V., 
  74; 
  Volume 
  VI., 
  80; 
  Volume 
  VII., 
  169; 
  

  

  Volume 
  VIII., 
  86 
  ; 
  Volume 
  IX., 
  177 
  ; 
  Volume 
  X., 
  30. 
  

  

  The 
  appended 
  statement 
  of 
  accounts 
  shows 
  a 
  balance 
  to 
  the 
  credit 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  Board 
  of 
  £31 
  Is. 
  lOd. 
  

  

  The 
  annual 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  departments 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  Institute, 
  

  

  are 
  also 
  appended, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  Library. 
  

  

  James 
  Hector, 
  Manager. 
  

  

  Approved 
  by 
  the 
  Board, 
  4th 
  September, 
  1878. 
  

  

  W. 
  B. 
  D. 
  Mantell, 
  Chairman. 
  

  

  Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  names 
  entered 
  in 
  the 
  Visitors' 
  book 
  at 
  the 
  Museum 
  

   during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  has 
  been 
  15,000. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  7th 
  July 
  the 
  Museum 
  has 
  been 
  opened 
  to 
  the 
  public 
  for 
  two 
  

   hours 
  on 
  Sunday 
  afternoons, 
  and 
  the 
  large 
  attendance, 
  varying 
  from 
  300 
  to 
  

   800 
  persons, 
  indicates 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  who 
  are 
  glad 
  to 
  take 
  advantage 
  

   of 
  the 
  opportunity 
  thus 
  afi'orded 
  for 
  examining 
  the 
  collections. 
  

  

  There 
  have 
  been 
  9,880 
  specimens 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  collections 
  during 
  the 
  

   past 
  year 
  ; 
  7,519 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  mineral 
  and 
  fossil 
  specimens 
  obtained 
  during 
  

   the 
  geological 
  survey 
  of 
  tlie 
  colony 
  which 
  is 
  in 
  progress, 
  and 
  135 
  specimens 
  

   deposited 
  on 
  loan. 
  

  

  Herharium. 
  — 
  The 
  collections 
  in 
  this 
  department 
  have 
  received 
  only 
  

   inconsiderable 
  additions, 
  and 
  the 
  arrangements 
  for 
  the 
  thorough 
  preserva- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  dried 
  plants 
  are 
  quite 
  insufficient. 
  It 
  has, 
  therefore, 
  been 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  inadvisable 
  to 
  unpack 
  the 
  large 
  herbarium 
  of 
  foreign 
  plants 
  until 
  

  

  