Third Annual Report by the Governors of the New Zealand Institute.
The Governors met for the transaction of business during the past year on the following dates:—21st July, 15th September, 23rd September, and 1st November, 1870; 6th January and 5th April, 1871,
On the 23rd September, 1870, an additional Statute, forming Section IV., was adopted relative to the election of honorary members of the Institute, in accordance with which the following gentlemen were elected on the 6th January, 1871, from the list of names suggested by the various affiliated Societies, and their election was communicated to them under the hand of His Excellency the Governor, as President of the Institute:—Professor Louis Agassiz, Captain Byron Drury, R.N., Dr. Otto Finsch, Professor W. H. Flower, F.R.S., Dr. F. Von Hochstetter, Dr. J. D. Hooker, C.B., M.D., F.RS., Dr. F. Von Mueller, C.M.G., M.D., F.R.S., Professor Richard Owen, F.R.S., Rear-Admiral G. H. Richards, R.N.
The following members of the Board were re-nominated to be Governors:—Sir David Monro, Dr. Knight, and J. E. Fitzgerald, Esq.
On the 23rd September incorporation was granted to the Nelson Association for the Promotion of Science and Industry, according to the terms of the Act.
The New Zealand Institute now includes the following incorporated Societies, the total number of members being 553, making an increase of 208 during the past year:—
| Members in 1870. |
| Members in 1871. | |
| Wellington Philosophical Society | 80 | 107 | |
| Auckland Institute | 106 | 151 | |
| Philosophical Institute, Canterbury | 76 | 100 | |
| Otago Institute | 80 | 123 | |
| Nelson Association | 72 |
The Governors elected for these Societies for the year Honor T. B. Gillies, His Honor William Rolleston, and His Honor Mr. Justice Chapman.
The appended report by the Manager, relative to the Museum, shows that, while the progress made by that Institution is satisfactory, great inconvenience is now experienced from want of sufficient accommodation for the proper display of the collections, and to allow of the acceptance of
