The Hon. W. Rolleston has been chosen by the Council to vote at the election of the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute.
The Council had nominated for election an honorary member of the New Zealand Institute.
The balance-sheet shows total receipts for the year £197 19s. 2d.; expenditure £168 5s. 11d.; and balance £29 13s. 3d. Among the items of expenditure are £2 5s. to the Arundel Society, and £121 10s. 11d. for books.
Election of Officers for 1883:—President—Professor F. W. Hutton; Vice-Presidents—R. W. Fereday, E. Dobson; Treasurer, W. M. Maskell; Secretary—Geo. Gray; Council—Professor J. von Haast, Dr. Symes, C. Chilton, T. Crook, J. Inglis, T. S. Lambert.
The retiring President, Professor J. von Haast, delivered an address on the Early History of the Canterbury Philosophical Institute.
