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and further extensions of the accommodation, and these matters will come before you in due course. For the purpose of record a list of all high ascents during the past two seasons has boon filed in the Department's records. The most notable climbs were the following : —

Date. Party. Guides. Climb. Particulars o£ Route. J 6/2/24 Professor and Mrs. R. M. Algie, Mr. H. E, 1.. Porter Mr. It. L. Wigley .. J. Stout, P. M. Milne, W. C. Williams F. M. Milne, N. S. Murrell Guideless Mount Cook, 12,349 ft. Ascent from Haast Hut by Green's route ; descent by same route. 12/8/28* Mount Cook, 12,349 ft. Ascent via Haast H ut and. Linda Glacier ; descent by same route. Ascent from Malte Brun Hut up main north-west arete from head of Malte Brun Glacier ; descent by same route. Ascent to head of Malte Brun Giacicr, north-east face and main arete to summit; descent by same route. Ascent by south-east face from Londonfeldt Saddle ; descent by same route. 19/1/24 Messrs. H. C. Chamhcrs, H. E. L. Porter, C. S. Barker Professor and Mrs. It. M. Algie Mount Malte Brun, 10,421 ft. 21/1/24 F. M, Milne, N. S. Murrell, J. E. Rawnsley P. M. Milne, W.C. Williams Ditto 6/1/24 Professor and Mrs. R. M. Algie, Messrs. F. W. Vosseler and J. E. Rawnsley Miss J. M. Grave, Mr. A. J, Grave Mount FJie de Beaumont, 10,200 ft. 7/1/23 J. Stout, VV. 0. Williams Minaret Peaks (E. Peak), 10,058 ft. Ascent from Malte Brun Hut, crossing Tasman Glacier, thence by snow slopes to summit; descent by same route. Ascent from Malte Brun Hut, crossing Tasman Glacier, thence by snow slopes to summit; descent by same route. Ascent from Waiho Gorge via Defiance Hut to Aylmer Bivouac ; left Bivouac, crossing upper snowfields of Franz Josef Glacier by Grand Corridor to Saddle between de la Bech6 and Minarets, thence to summit of Minarets, returning to Saddle, thence to summit of De la BeohA Descent by usual routo to Malte Bran Hut, Ascent from Malte Brun Hut to Graham's Saddle, thence to summit of De la Beche, crossing to Minarets, joining Grande's party in Saddle, and descending to Malte Brun Hut. Ascent from Sefton Bivouac, crossing eastern ridge to Main Divide; final ascent by North Face. Descent by same route. Ditto. 16/1/23 Professor and Mrs. R. M. Algie W. C. Williams, N. S. Murrell Ditto 28/2/23 Messrs. Julian Grande and R. L. Wigley P. Graham .. I) e la B e c h e , 10,058 ft. ; Minaret Peaks, 10,058 ft. and 10,022 ft.f Guide J. Dennehy, Guide H. Busoh Minaret Peaks, 10,058 ft, and 10,022 ft., and De la Becbi, 10,058 ft. 28/2/23 2/1/23 Miss J. M. Grave, Messrs. A. J. Grave and F. W. Vosseler W. C. Williams, N. S. Murrell The Footstool, 9,073 ft. 10/1/23 Professor and Mrs. R. M. Algie Messrs. F. W. Vosseler, A. Smith, J. Rawnsley, R. Bates, L. Gross, G. H. SeddonJ Mr. J. W. Townley .. F. M. Milne, J. H. Dennehv F. M. Milne . .' Ditto 18/12/22 Hochstettei' Dome, 9,258 ft. Ascent from Malte Brun Hut over low [leak to summit; descent by same route. N. S. Murrell Ditto Ascent by Tasman Saddle ; descent by same route. Ascent by direct route ; descent by same route. 3/12/23 19/12/23 Mr. A. J. Grave, Miss J. M. Grave, Mr. 0. H. King Rev. K. Biokersteth, Professor H. Stewart, Dr. Bevan Brown Messrs. E. M. Moore and E. Mate Mr. G. C. Arras VV. 0. Williams 24/1/24 .1. Stout, .1. H. Pope Ditto. 20/1/24 20/2/24 8/2/24 1/3/24 Miss 1). Theomin Mr. H. E. I.. Porter .. J. H. Pope •• VV. C. Williams, J. Johnson l<\ M. Milne, J. E. Rawnsley F. M. Milne, A. K. Ritchie ,, The F o o t s t 0 o 1, 9,073 ft. Mount Hamilton, 9,915 ft, Grey Peak, 9,800 ft, Ascent from Malte Brun Hut; descent by same route. Ascent from Hooker Hut through Fitzgerald's Pass, traversing peaks on Moorhouse Range to the Footstool ; final ascent by rock and snow to summit. Descent to Main Divide, thence to Sefton Bivouac. Ascent from Malte Brun Hut by Darwin Glacier to head of Bonny Glacier, thence by main arete to summit; descent by snow eol, thence same route. Ascent from Haast Hut over Glacier Dome, crossing Haast Ridge to Haast Glacier, on to Pioneer Pass, thence to summit. Ascent from Malte Brun Hut up Tasman Glacier, thence by north-west face of Darwin, following rock ridge to second summit; descent by same route. Ascent up Darwin Glacier and up snow couloir beyond Bonny Glacier, thence by diagonal upward traverse to summit ; descent by same route. Ascent via Graham's Saddle and Aylmer Bivouac ; descent by same route. 31/12/23 Messrs. H. G. Chambers and H. E. L. Porter Guideless Mount Darwin, 9,715 ft. 21/1/24 Messrs H. E. L. Porter and G. S. Barker Guideless Mount H a e c k e I , 9,649 ft, 6/3/23 Mr. Julian Grande P. Graham, F. M. Milne Peak Barnieoat, 9,200 ft. * Firs t Fin } All it ascent during winter months. Total time, sixtei it traverse from east to west, climbing the three pt members of the Tararua Tramping Club. :;n hours from llaast Hut. taks,