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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1507, 17 January 1901, Page 57

At last week’s meeting of the New Zealand Institute of Accountants Mr W. H. Gnndry, the president (wlm, with Mr W. Brown, of Dunedin, attended tlio inter-state conference of accountants in Sydney last week to represent the New Zealand Institute), express? ed his high appreciation of the hospitality extended to himself and Mr Brown by the New South Wales institute and the visiting delegates. On. all important matters the delegates were of one opinion, and he thought the conference must leaa to the advancement; of the profession in Australasia. In New South Wales the members of the institute took upon themselves a great deal of work in connection. with the tration of the institute and with examinations. During the conference the following papers were read, and will bo published with, the discussions thereon, and circulated among the colonial institutes'; —‘‘Trustee Companies: Their Boobs, Accounts and Audit,” by Mr A. W. Cleveland, Melbourne; ‘‘Federation and the Profession of Accountancy,” by Mr J. E. Thomas, Adelaide; “The Duties and Liabilities of Trustees,” by Mr T. Welsbv, Queensland • “Goodwill,” by Mr Gundxy, Christchurch; “Law as Applied to Accountancy,” by Dr W. D. Milne, Dune dim (read by Mr W. Brown, Dunedin); “Legislative Recognition of Accountancy as a Profession,” and ‘'Our Institutes: Their Future Position and Duties in Australia,” by Mr F. N. Yar-n-cod, Sydney. Mr Brown said that when the question of a Federated Institute for Australasia, came to bo discussed. several members seemed to be under the impression that in such an institute only public accountants should be associated. \He (the speaker) dissented from that view, declaring that all the members of all affiliated institutes should be immediately admitted to ilic Federated Institute. Several delegates from Brisbane, Tasmania and Western Australia favoured Mr Brown’s view of the matter. At a subsequent meeting several resolutions drafted by Mr Brown wt re adopted, affirming the desirability of forming an Australasian Institute, and setting up a committee to draw up a constitution for the same, such constitution to be remitted to the affiliated institute? for consideration. Another conference will be convened at a later date to deal with the reports of the affiliated institutes. Mr Brown’s motion that the foundation members of iheFedernted Institute should be the members of the several affiliated institutes was rejected by the conference. On the question of membership, Mr Brown pointed out that anything m the way of exclusiyism would render more remote the probability of the institute receiving legislative recognition. The remarks of the delegate were received with applause.