N.Z. INSTITUTE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1926, Page 3

N.Z. INSTITUTE.

ANNUAL MEETING. AWARDS FOR RESEARCH. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) | DUNEDDf, Thursday. ! For the first time in the history of the I Xew Zealand Institute the annual meet- j ing of its Board of (iovernors was held j This year in Diinediu. It opened in ' the Otago University this morning. The ; president. Dr. P. Marshall, presided. The report of the Standing Committee was dealt with clause by clause, and \ adopted with several resolutions. The j report stated that tlie Hector Award for 192-> was made to Mr. B. C. Aston for his '< researches on the chemistry of bush sick- ! ness and of the Xew Zealand flora. | Arising out of the report. Professor Kirk ; moved that tho Department of Internal j Affairs lte asked, if it is not too late to j do so. to Fend a representative with the i Whitney expedition to supervise tin; col- j lection of native lunls under tbe permit i that lias hern i->iu\l. The motion was j fuonded by Professor ISegar and carried, j it iias decided liiat the question of thp Pan-Paoific Scifliro Congress, 1020. be left i>l tiif hniirle of the Standing Committee. to take such action as they think fit. A motion was moved by the Hon. G. M. Thomson: '"That the Board of Governors of the Xew Zealand Institute at its annual meeting expresses its regret that the Government should have leased a large area of the Auckland Islands for the purpose of a sheep run. The monetary gain is infinitesimally small, while the probable damage to animal and vegetable life is very great." This was carried unanimously. The following motion was carried: "That the .Standing Committee be instructed to call for tenders under specification for the printing and binding of volume 08 of the transactions, and that alternative tenders be called for the issue of the volume in one or two or four parts." There were four candidates for two vacant fellowships of the institute, and the vote resulted in Professor W. N. Benson and Dr. J. S. MacLaurin being elected by a clear majority. Dr. Lotsy was elected an honorary member of the institute. In accordance with a recommendation received from Mr. Elsdon Best it was decided to grant the Hector award, of the value of £4-5, to Mr. H. D. Skinner. Regarding the award of the Hamilton prize, the committee reported that it was unable to distinguish between two of the candidates, llr. H. J. Findlay and Dr. J. Marwiek, and it recommended that the prize be divided between the two. This was agreed to. The election of officers for the ensuing two years resulted as follows:—President. Mr. B. C. Aston: hon. secretary. Dr. P. Marshall; hon. treasurer. Mr. M. A. Elliott; hon. Editor, Mr. Johannes C. Andersen; hon. returning officer. Professor H. W. Segar. The trustees of the trust accounts, the president and treasurer. Grant Committee, and the Library Committee were reappointed. It was decided to hold the next annual meeting on the last Thursday in January, 1927, in Wellington.