NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 23, 27 January 1911, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE.

MR. CHEESEMAN THE NEW PRESIDENT. TRIBUTE TO HIS QUALIFICATIONS. The annual meeting of the New Zealand Institute Board of Governors (Mr. A. Hamilton, president, in the chair), was concluded yesterday at the Auckland Museum. ■ PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEB. The Board approved the action of tho Publications Committee in inserting certain short papers in the "Proceedings" instead of waiting to put them in the " Transactions." Dr. HHgendorf Baid this would mean that eventually the "Proceedings" would develop into a quarterly publication. iA Member: And the " Transactions" eventually disappear. Dr. Cockayne: And a good thing, too. It was also decided to give the editor more power in regard to rejecting copy that is not legible. Authors will be allowed to have 50 copies of thei T papers free of charge, and additional copicß at cost price. In exceptional cases the Publications. Committee may grant more than 50 copies free of charge. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. When the president called for nominations -for the office of president for the ensuing term, Dr. Cockayne said he had the greatest pleasure in proposing a scientist who -was known not only in New Zealand, but throughout the world—his old friend, Mr. T. F. Checserraui, curator of the Auckland Museum. This was tho greatest compliment they could bestow. Mr. Cheeseman had been working at New Zealand science for quite forty years, and his qualifications for the post were well known.. He had built up the fine museum in which they were meeting, and it now contained the most magnificent collection ofMabri art and ethnology in the world. Not only had he been one of the moat prominent members of the NX Institute, but as a 'botanist be ranked very high indeed, lt was chiefly as a systematic botanist that he was known, and specially for his great " Flora of New Zealand," a work which ranked with that of Sir Joseph Hooker and other great scientists. Mr. Ghees-enum was the speaker's friend and master, and 'he could not let the occasion pass without expressing the great indebtedness that New Zealand science owed to Mr.. Cheese-nan. (Applause.) Mr. Petrie seconded, and the motion was carried unanimously. • Mr. Cheeseman was invited in to the meeting and informed of his election. The new president thanked tho Board very heartily for the high honour that bad been done him. He thought it was an honour which any scientific man in New Zealand ought to prize more than anything else, as it was an honour conferred by his scientific teolleagUtes. Although he could not but feel flattered at having his name placed on a roll which was headed by Sir James Heritor, one of the leading scientists in the Dominion, followed by that of Captain Hutton, who did so -much for the advancement of natural science in New Zealand, he could not hope to do anything that they had done. He would, however, endeavour to do what he had to'do. frith the ; tost of. his ability. Other officers weTe elected as under: Treasurer: Professor Easterfield; secretary, Mr. B. C. Aston; editor, Dr. Chilton; chairman, Mr. A. Hamilton. DEEP SEA SOUNDINGS. On the suggestion of Mr. Speight it •was decided to impress on the Government to take advantage of the presence of the Terra Nova to canry out a bathymctrical and biological examination round the A-uckJa-od, Campbell and Macquarie Islands.