FIFTY YEARS' SERVICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18335, 27 February 1923, Page 8

FIFTY YEARS' SERVICE.

MR. CHEESEMAN'S RECORD. PRESENTATION OF ADDRESS. • " This report Is of a jubilee character," said Mr. J. H. (Sanson at ' the ; annual' , meeting of the Auckland Institutel last . evening," as' v it is the j 60th ;.presented and prepared by Mr. T. F. Cheeseman. We look on this year as his jubilee year." As president of the institute,/ Mr. Gunson said the council would be unappreciative of a great service if the .occasion passed unnoticed. I They owed - Mr, Cheeseman a lasting debt of gratitude. They gloried in his work and were proud that he was still spared to carry on the: great work to which he first set his hand 50, years ago. " An illuminated address was in course of preparation, and by reading its text, he asked Mr. Cheeseman to accept its presentation. (Applause.) A jubilee bonus cheque for £100 was also presented. V Professor J. C. Johnson also spoke in eulogy of Mr. Cheeseman. > 1 ■•••" • In returning thanks, Mr. Cheeseman said he experienced a feeling of loneliness, as if he, were standing < in-another : generation, when he looked back on the I past 50 years. No member of the council which appointed ; him, or of several , successive councils, was now alive. He was pleased, however, that just as the .councils of 40 and 50 years ago were satisfied with; his services, the . present council held similar views toward him. His botanical labours had been hard, slow and difficult, but he had been amply repaid for . all the , trouble. iv (Applause ). The text of the address :■ lefers to the valuable scientific research of Mr. Cheeseman, with especial mention of his work, the '" Manual of New Zealand Flora." The .address also • records the uniform courtesy of Mr. ..Cheeseman, and' the important part he has played in ; the creation of tho museum. > It ; concludes , with the hope , that he will be spared to aid, by his experience and skill, in the equipment of the proposed national memorial, , which in its inception, owed a great , deal to his ardent advocacy, v,