Abstract of Annual Report.

Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 29, 1896, Page 629

Abstract of Annual Report. During the session six general meetings and eight meetings of the Council have been held. Eight papers have been read, two lectures delivered, and several exhibits and demonstrations given. Early in the session Mr. J. G. McLeod resigned his seat on the Council, and the vacancy was filled by the election of Professor Shand.

The committee appointed last session to consider the establishment of a fish-hatching station reported that Purakanui was, in their opinion, the most suitable locality in the neighbourhood. The report was adopted, and a committee was appointed to take further steps in the matter. The Council has voted the sum of £10 towards the establishment of a seismological observatory at Timaru. A resolution has been carried by the Council advocating certain changes in the mode of publication and distribution of the Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. A resolution has been passed expressing regret at the death of Baron Sir Ferdinand von Mueller, and recording the sense of the Institute of his distinguished services to science. The Council has nominated Mr. S. P. Langley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, as an honorary member of the New Zealand Institute, and has again nominated Mr. James McKerrow to vote in the election of Governors. The most important addition to the library during the session is a complete Bet of volumes of the “Challenger” Reports, presented by the Imperial Government to the University of Otago, and deposited in the Museum library. Twenty-seven new members have joined the Institute during the session, making a considerably larger addition to the membership than the Council has had to record for several years. The total number on the roll is now 120. The balance-sheet shows the total receipts for the year to be £82 19s., making, with the balance from last year, £113 3s. 10d. The expenditure for the year is £91 16s. 2d., leaving a credit balance of £22 7s. 8d.