The Royal Society Of New Zealand Council for 1950–51

Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 79, 1951, Page 636

The Royal Society Of New Zealand Council for 1950–51 Honorary Patron. His Excellency the Governor-General. Ex Officio. The Honourable Minister for Scientific and Industrial Research. President. F. R. Callaghan, M.A., F.R.E.S. Vice-Presidents. R. A. Falla, M.A., D.Sc. (N.Z.), F.R.S.N.Z. J. Marwick, M.A., D.Sc. (N.Z.), F.R.S.N.Z. Government Representatives. 1950. B. C. Aston, C.B.E., F.R.I.C., F.R.S.N.Z. 1950. W. R. B. Oliver, D.Sc. (N.Z.), F.R.S.N.Z. 1951. G. E. Archey, O.B.E., M.A., D.Sc. (N.Z.), F.Z.S., F.R.S.N.Z. 1951. F. R. Callaghan, M.A., F.R.E.S. Elected by Member Bodies. Auckland Institute L. H. Briggs, D.Sc. (N.Z.), D.Phil. (Oxon.), F.N.Z.I.C., F.R.S.N.Z. A. T. Pycroft. Wellington Branch L. Bastings, B.A., M.Sc. (Cantab.), D.Sc. (N.Z.), F.Inst.P. J. T. Salmon, M.Sc., D.Sc. (N.Z.), F.R.E.S., F.R.S.N.Z., A.R.P.S. Canterbury Branch R. S. Allan, D.Sc. (N.Z.), Ph.D. (Cantab.), F.G.S., F.R.S.N.Z. O. H. Frankel, M.Agr.Sc. (N.Z.), D.Agr. (Berlin), F.R.S.N.Z. Otago Branch C. M. Focken, B.Sc., B.M.E., D.Phil. (Oxon.), M.S. (Colorado). O. H. Keys, M.Sc., A.R.I.C., A.N.Z.I.C. Hawke's Bay Branch J. D. H. Buchanan, M.A. (Cantab.), B.Sc. (N.Z.). Nelson Institute D. Miller, M.Sc., Ph.D. (N.Z.), F.R.S.N.Z. Southland Branch R. W. Willett, M.Sc. (N.Z.), F.G.S. Elected by the Fellows. 1950—F. G. Soper, C.B.E., Ph.D., D.Sc. (Wales), F.R.S.N.Z., F.R.I.C., F.N.Z.I.C. Honorary Treasurer. S. Cory Wright, M.C.

Officers for The Year 1950–51. President: F. R. Callaghan, M.A. (N.Z.), F.R.E.S. Vice-Presidents: R. A. Falla, M.A., D.Sc. (N.Z.), F.R.S.N.Z. J. Marwick, M.A., D.Sc. (N.Z.), F.R.S.N.Z. Hon. Treasurer: S. Cory Wright, M.C. Hon. Editor: W. R. B. Oliver, D.Sc. (N.Z.), F.R.S.N.Z. Hon. Librarian: Professor L. R. Richardson, M.Sc., Ph.D. (McGill). Hon. Returning Officer: A. T. Pycroft. Secretary: Miss M. Wood, Royal Society of New Zealand, Victoria University College, P.O. Box 196, Wellington, N.Z. (Cable and telegraph address: Royalsoc, Wellington.) Member Bodies. Name of Society. Secretary's Name and Address. Date of Affiliation. Auckland Institute Dr. G. Archey, Institute and Museum, Auckland, June 10, 1868 Wellington Branch of the Royal Society of N.Z. Mr. R. Waite, Dept. Scientific & Industrial Research, Wellington. June 10, 1868 Canterbury Branch of the Royal Society of N.Z. Mr. C. R. Russell, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch. October 22, 1868 Otago Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand Mr. J. B. Mackie, Otago School of Mines, Dunedin. October 18, 1869 Nelson Institute Mr. A. W. Parrott, Cawthron Institute, Nelson. December 20, 1883 Hawke's Bay Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand Mr. H. P. Hole, 23 Brewster Street, Napier. March 31, 1875 Southland Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand Mrs. O. Sansom, 24 Melbourne St., Invercargill. October 31, 1939 Former Manager and Editor (Under the New Zealand Institute Act, 1867.) 1867–1903.—Sir James Hector, M.D., K.C.M.G., F.R.S. Past Presidents. 1903–04.—Hutton, Captain Frederick Wollaston, F.R.S. 1905–06.—Hector, Sir James, M.D., K.C.M.G., F.R.S. 1907–08.—Thomson, George Malcolm, F.L.S., F.R.S.N.Z. 1909–10.—Hamilton, Augustus. 1911–12.—Cheeseman, Thomas Frederick, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.R.S.N.Z. 1913–14.—Chilton, Charles, M.A., D.Sc., LL.D., F.L.S., C.M.Z.S., F.R.S.N.Z. 1915.—Petrie, Donald, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.N.Z. 1916–17.—Benham, Sir William Blaxland, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., F.Z.S., F.R.S.N.Z. 1918–19.—Cockayne, Leonard, C.M.G., Ph.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.R.S.N.Z. 1920–21.—Easterfield, Sir Thomas Hill, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.I.C., F.C.S., F.R.S.N.Z. 1922–23.—Kirk, Harry Borrey, M.A., F.R.S.N.Z. 1924–25.—Marshall, Patrick, D.Sc., F.G.S., F.R.S.N.Z. 1926–27.—Aston. Bernard Cracroft, F.R.I.C., F.C.S., F.R.S.N.Z. 1928.—Thomson, J. Allan, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S., F.R.S.N.Z. (Mr B. C. Aston reappointed May, 1928, vice Dr J. Allan Thomson, deceased). 1929–30.—Farr, Clinton Coleridge, D.Sc., F.R.S., F.P.S.L., F.R.S.N.Z. 1931–32.—Segar, Hugh William, M.A., F.R.S.N.Z. 1933–34.—Speight, Robert, M.A., M.Sc., F.G.S., F.R.S.N.Z. 1935–36.—Williams, Rt. Rev. Bishop, M.A., Litt.D. (Cantab & N.Z.), F.R.S.N.Z. 1937–38.—Evans, Prof. W. P., M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.N.Z., Hon. F.N.Z.I.C. 1939–40.—Holloway, Rev. J. E., L.Th., D.Sc., F.R.S., F.R.S.N.Z. 1941–42.—Archey, Gilbert, O.B.E., M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.N.Z. 1943–45.—Allan, H. H., M.A., D.Sc., F.L.S., F.R.S.N.Z. 1946–47.—Benson, Professor W. N., B.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., F.G.S., F.R.S.N.Z. 1948–49.—Falla, R. A., M.A., D.Sc. (N.Z.), F.R.S.N.Z. 1949–50.—Falla, R. A., M.A., D.Sc. (N.Z.), F.R.S.N.Z. 1950–51.—Callaghan, F. R., M.A. (N.Z.), F.R.E.S.

Honorary Members. Elected Aitken, Alexander Craig, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., University of Edinburgh 1940 Bohr, Professor Niels H. D., Universitets Institut for Teoretisk Fysik, Copenhagen, Denmark 1946 Buck, P. (Te Rangi Hiroa), M.D., Ch.B. (N.Z.), F.R.S.N.Z., Bishop Museum, Honolulu 1934 Compton, Professor A. H., Ph.D., Sc.D., LL.D., University of Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A. 1934 Einstein, Professor Albert, F.R.S., Princeton University, New Jersey, U.S.A.1924 Fleming, Sir Alexander, Kt., Professor of Bacteriology in University of London Inoculation Dept., St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, W.2 1945 Fleming, J. A., D.Sc., Director of Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, 5241 Broad Branch Road, N.W. Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 1939 Gatenby, J. B., M.A., Ph.D., B.Sc., D.Sc., Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, University, Dublin 1934 Goldschmidt, Richard Benedikt, Ph.D. (Heidelburg), Hon. M.D. (Kiel), Hon.D.Sc. (Madrid), Professor of Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. 1948 Gregory, Dr. Herbert E., c/o Bishop Museum, Honolulu 1950 Gutenberg, Dr B., Seismological Laboratory, 220 North San Rafael Avenue, Pasadena, California, U.S.A. 1945 Howard, Lelland O., Ph.D., Sc.D., M.D., LL.D., Onteora Club, Tannersville, New York 1944 Jaggar, Dr T. A., Director of Volcanological Observatory, Volcano House, P.O., Hawaii 1927 Jeffreys, Harold, M.A. (Cantab.), D.Sc. (Durham), F.R.S. Reader in Geophysics, Cambridge University 1943 Jenness, Dr Diamond, M.A., Division of Anthropology, National Museum of Canada, Ottawa 1941 Keith, Sir Arthur, Kt., M.D., F.R.C.S., LL.D., D.Sc., F.R.S., Buckston Browne Farm, Downe, Farnborough, Kent 1939 Marshall, Sir Guy A. K., C.M.G., F.R.S., 31 Melton Court, Sth. Kensington, London. S.W.7 1933 Mawson, Sir Douglas, B.E., D.Sc., F.R.S., The University, Box 498, Adelaide, South Australia 1920 Mayr, Dr. Ernst, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street. New York 24 1950 Millikan, Professor Robert A., Ph.D., LL.D., Sc.D., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 1944 Mortensen, Theodor, Ph.D., Director of the Department of Invertebrates of the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen 1927 Murphy, Robert Cushman, Ph.D. (Brown), D.Sc. (San Marcos), Department of Birds, American Museum of Natural History, New York, U.S.A. 1948 Rivett, Sir David, K.C.M.G., M.A., B.Sc. (Oxon), D.Sc. (Melb.), F.R.S., Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Melbourne 1937 Robinson, Sir Robert, Kt., M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., The Dyson Perrins Laboratory, South Park Road, Oxford 1939 Russell, Sir John, D.Sc., F.R.S., Director of Rothamsted Experiment Station, Harpenden 1928 Skottsberg, Professor C., D.Sc., Betaniska Tradgarden, Goteborg, Sweden 1938 Tilley, Dr. C. E., Dept. of Mineralogy and Petrology, Univ. of Cambridge, England 1950 Woods, Henry, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge 1920

Former Honorary Members. Elected Agardh, Dr J. G. 1900 Agassiz, Professor Louis 1870 Andrews, E. C., B.A., F.G.S. 1934 Arber, Dr E. A. Newell 1914 Armstrong, Prof. H. E., F.R.S. 1927 Avebury, Lord, P.C., F.R.S. 1900 Baird, Professor Spencer F. 1877 Balfour, Prof. I. Bayley, F.R.S. 1914 Bateson, Professor W., F.R.S. 1915 Beddard, Dr F. E., F.R.S. 1906 Beneden, Professor J. P. van 1888 Berggren, Dr S. 1876 Bowen, Sir George Ferguson, G.C.M.G. 1873 Brady, Dr G. S., F.R.S. 1906 Bragg, Professor Sir William O.M., K.B.E., F.R.S. 1923 Bruce, Dr W. S. 1910 Butler, Sir Edwin, F.R.S. 1939 Carpenter, Dr W. B., F.R.S. 1883 Chapman, Frederick, A.L.S. 1932 Chree, Dr Charles, F.R.S. 1924 Clarke, Rev. W. B., F.R.S. 1876 Codrington, Rev. R. H., D.D. 1894 Comrie, Dr. L. J. 1945 Curie, Madame Marie 1927 Darwin, Charles, M.A., F.R.S. 1871 Darwin, Sir George, F.R.S. 1909 David, Professor T. Edgeworth, F.R.S. 1904 Davis, J. W. 1891 Davis, Professor W. Morris 1913 Dendy, Dr A., F.R.S. 1907 Diels, Professor L., Ph.D. 1907 Drury, Captain Byron 1870 Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley, O.M., Kt., F.R.S. 1943 Ellery, R. L. J., F.R.S. 1883 Etheridge, Professor R., F.R.S. 1876 Ettingshausen, Baron von 1888 Eve, H. W., M.A. 1901 Filhol, Dr H. 1875 Finsch, Professor Otto. 1870 Flower, Professor W. H., F.R.S. 1870 Fraser, Sir James G., Kt., O.M., D.C.L., F.R.S. 1920 Garrod, Professor A. H., F.R.S. 1878 Goebel, Professor Dr Carl von 1901 Goodale, Prof. G. L., M.D., LL.D. 1891 Gray, Dr J. E., F.R.S. 1871 Gray, Professor Asa 1885 Gregory, Professor J. W., F.R.S. 1920 Grey, Sir George, K.C.B. 1872 Gunther, Dr A., F.R.S. 1873 Haddon, Dr. A. C., F.R.S. 1925 Haldane, J. S., M.A., M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. 1928 Hall, Sir Alfred D., K.C.B., M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S. 1920 Haswell, Prof. W. A., F.R.S. 1914 Hedley, Charles 1924 Hemsley, Dr W. Botting, F.R.S. 1913 Hill, Sir Arthur W., K.C.M.G., Sc.D., D.Sc., F.R.S. 1928 Hochstetter, Dr Ferdinand von 1870 Hooker, Sir J. D., F.R.S. 1870 Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland, O.M., F.R.S. 1937 Howes, G. B., F.R.S. 1901 Huxley, Thomas H., F.R.S. 1872 Jeans, Sir James H., F.R.S. 1929 Klotz, Professor Otto J. 1903 Langley, S. P. 1896 Lindsay, W. L., M.D. 1871 Liversidge, Professor A., F.R.S. 1890 Lotsy, Dr J. P. 1927 Lydekker, Richard, F.R.S. 1896 Lyell, Sir Charles, F.R.S. 1873 Massart, Professor Jean 1916 McCoy, Professor Sir F. 1888 McLauchlan, Robert 1874 Malinowski, Bronislaw, Ph.D. (Cracow), D.Sc. (Lond.) 1936 Massee, George 1900 Masson, Sir D. Orme, F.R.S. 1928 Mellor, J. W., D.Sc. 1919 Meyrick, E., F.R.S. 1907 Milne, J., F.R.S. 1906 Mitten, William, F.R.S. 1895 The Most Noble the Marquis of Normanby 1880 Mueller, Dr Ferdinand von, F.R.S. 1870 Muller, Professor Max, F.R.S. 1878 Newton, Alfred, F.R.S. 1874 Nordstedt, Professor Otto 1890 Owen, Professor Richard, F.R.S. 1870 Pickard-Cambridge, Rev. O. 1873 Richards, Rear-Admiral G. H. 1870 Riley, Professor C. V. 1890 Rolleston, Professor G., M.D., F.R.S. 1875 Ross, Sir Ronald 1929 Rutherford, Lord, F.R.S. 1904 Sars, Professor G. O. 1902 Schmidt, Professor J. 1930 Sclater, Dr P. L., F.R.S. 1875 Seward, Sir Albert, F.R.S. 1928 Sharp, Dr D. 1877 Sharp, R. B., F.R.S. 188 Smuts, Rt. Hon. Field Marshal 1942 Stebbing, Rev. T. R. R., F.R.S. 1907 Stokes, Vice-Admiral J. L. 1872 Tenison-Woods, Rev. J. E. 1878 Thiselton-Dyer, Sir W. T., F.R.S. 1894 Thomson, Prof. Wyville, F.R.S. 1874 Thomson, Sir Arthur 1928 Thomson, Sir William, F.R.S. 1883 Tillyard, R. J., F.R.S. 1935 Wallace, Sir A. R., F.R.S. 1885 Weld, Frederick A 1877 Wilckens, Dr. Otto 1936

Fellows Of The Royal Society Of New Zealand. Original Fellows. (See New Zealand Gazette, 20th November, 1919.) ‡ Past President* Hector MedallistAston, Bernard Cracroft, F.R.I.C., F.C.S. § Deceased. † Hutton Medallist.‡Benham, Sir William Blaxland, K.B.E., M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., F.Z.S. §*Best, Elsdon. §‡*Cheeseman, Thomas Frederick, F.L.S., F.Z.S. §‡†*Chilton, Charles, M.A., D.Sc., LL.D., M.B., C.M., F.L.S., C.M.Z.S. §‡†*Cockayne, Leonard, C.M.G., Ph.D., F.R.S., F.L.S. §‡*Easterfield, Sir Thomas Hill, K.B.E., M.A., Ph.D., F.R.I.C., F.G.S. §‡*Farr, Clinton Coleridge, D.Sc., F.P.S.L., F.R.S. §Hogben, George, G.M.G., M.A., F.G.S. §†*Hudson, George Vernon, F.E.S. §‡Kirk, Harry Borrer, M.A. §‡†*Marshall, Patrick, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S., F.R.G.S., F.E.S. §‡*Petrie, Donald, M.A., Ph.D. §*Rutherford of Nelson, Lord, O.M., D.Sc., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S. ‡Segar, Hugh William, M.A. §*Smith, Stephenson Percy, F.R.G.S. §‡*Speight, Robert, M.A., M.Sc., F.G.S. §Thomas, Sir Algernon Phillips Withiel, K.C.M.G., M.A., F.L.S. §‡*Thomson, Hon. George Malcolm, F.L.S., M.L.C. §‡†Thomson, James Allan, M.A., D.Sc., A.O.S.M., F.G.S. Fellows Elected. Date *†Allan, Harry Howard, M.A.,. D.Sc., F.L.S. 1928 Allan, Robin Sutcliffe, M.Sc. (N.Z.), Ph.D. 1940 Andersen, Johannes Carl, M.B.E. 1923 ‡Archey, Gilbert, O.B.E., M.A., D.Sc., F.Z.S. 1932 Askew, Henry Oscar, M.A., Ph.D., D.I.C., F.R.I.C., F.N.Z.I.C., F.C.S. 1939 Barnett, Miles Aylmer Fulton, O.B.E., M.Sc. (N.Z.), Ph.D. (Cantab.) 1947 §*†Bartrum, John Arthur, M.Sc. 1928 Beaglehole, Ernest, M.A. (N.Z.), Ph.D., D.Litt. (Lond.) 1947 ‡*Benson, William Noel, B.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., F.G.S., F.R.G.S. 1926 *Briggs, Lindsay Heathcote, D.Sc. (N.Z.), D.Phil. (Oxon.), F.N.Z.I.C., F.C.S. 1942 §Brown, J. Macmillan, M.A., LL.D. 1925 *Buck, Peter H. (Te Rangi Hiroa), M.D., Ch.B. (N.Z.) 1925 Chalklin, Francis C., D.Sc., Ph.D. (Lond.) 1951 †*Cotton, Charles Andrew, D.Sc., A.O.S.M., F.G.S. 1921 *†Cunningham, Gordon Herriot, M.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc. 1929 Curtis, Kathleen M., M.A., D.I.C., D.Sc., F.L.S. 1936 §Denham, Henry George, M.A., D.Sc., Ph.D. 1933 §Donovan, William, M.Sc., F.R.I.C. 1938 Eceles, John C., M.B., B.S. (Meib.), M.A., D.Phil. (Oxon), F.R.S., F.R.A.C.P. 1950 Edson, Norman Lowther, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.), Ph.D. (Cantab.) 1948 ‡*Evans, William Percival, M.A., Ph.D., Hon. F.N.Z.I.C. 1930 ‡Falla, Robert Alexander, M.A., D.Sc. 1941 *Finlay, Harold John, D.Sc. 1939

*Forder, Henry George, M.A. (Cantab.) 1947 Frankel, Otto H., D.Agr. (Berlin), M.Agr.Sc. (N.Z.) 1948 Grange, Leslie Issott, D.Sc., A.O.S.M. 1942 Henderson, John, M.A., D.Sc., B.Sc. (in Engineering) 1929 §Hilgendorf, Frederick William, M.A., D.Sc. 1921 ‡†*§Holloway, John Ernest, L.Th., D.Sc., F.R.S. 1921 Hutton, Colin Osborne, M.Sc. (N.Z.), Ph.D. (Cantab.), F.G.S. 1945 §Kidson, Edward, O.B.E., M.A., D.Sc. 1931 §Laing, Robert Malcolm, M.A., B.Sc. 1922 Laws, Charles R, D.Sc. 1950 §Maclaurin, James Scott, D.Sc., F.C.S. 1926 *Macleod, Donald Bannerman, M.A., D.Sc. 1935 Marsden, Ernest, C.B.E., M.C., D.Sc., F.R.S. 1922 *Marwick, John, M.A., D.Sc. 1935 †Miller, David, M.Sc., Ph.D. 1931 Moore, Lucy Beatrice, M.Sc. (N.Z.) 1947 §Morgan, Percy Gates, M.A., F.G.S., A.O.S.M. 1922 †*Oliver, Walter Reginald Brook, D.Sc., F.Z.S. 1927 Ongley, Montague, M.A., B.Sc. (N.Z.) 1948 Page, Robert Owen, D.Sc. (N.Z.), A.R.I.C., F.N.Z.I.C. 1949 §Park, James, Hon.M.Inst.M.M.Lond., F.G.S. 1921 §Philpott, Alfred, F.E.S. 1930 Powell, Arthur William Baden 1940 Rigg, Sir Theodore, M.A., M.Sc., F.R.I.C. 1932 *Robertson, Philip W., M.A., M.Sc. (N.Z.), M.A. (Oxon), Ph.D. (Leipzig), F.N.Z.I.C. 1950 Salmon, John Tenison, D.Sc. (N.Z.), A.R.P.S., F.R.E.S. 1949 Seelye, Frederick Thomas, A.O.S.M. 1944 Shorland, Francis B., M.Sc. (N.Z.), Ph.D., D.Sc. (L'pool), F.N.Z.I.C. 1951 Simpson, George 1949 *Skinner, Henry Devenish, M.A., D.Sc. 1927 Smith, Lucy May (née Cranwell), M.A., F.L.S. 1944 §Smith, William Herbert Guthrie 1924 §*Sommerville, Duncan McLaren Young, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.E., F.R.A.S. 1922 Soper, Frederick George, Ph.D., D.Sc. (Wales), F.R.I.C., F.N.Z.I.C., F.A.N.Z.A.A.S. 1949 §Stead, Edgar F. 1948 §Tillyard, Robin John, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.E.S. 1924 *Turner, Francis John, D.Sc., F.G.S. 1938 Whitehead, Hugh R., D.Sc. (Leeds), A.R.I.C. 1950 *‡§Williams, Herbert William, Rt. Rev. Bishop, M.A., Litt.D. 1923