The New Zealand Railway Officers' Institute, Auckland Branch. The objects of the Institute are to promote the general welfare of its members by any means not inconsistent with the Railway Regulations; to foster a feeling of unity and good fellowship; and to take, on any other matter such action as the Executive Council may consider advisable. The Auckland branch was founded in November, 1894. Mr. F. W. Styles is chairman, and Mr. L. C. E. Hamann, secretary.