Mr T. T. Ropiha, I.S.O., one time Secretary for Maori Affairs, was chairman of the 1939 Round Table. His knowledge of Maori administration, combined with his newfound freedom from the fetters of official responsibility, led a number of notable contributions to conference, for instance his demonstration that an immediate £5 million would be needed to clear away the backlog of valid housing applications held by the Department of Maori Affairs. these matters with as near an approach to objectivity as they could. They would have been less than human had they sat back and watched their brain children being beaten over the head. An interesting sidelight on the relative importance placed by the two age groups on the same subject was given in the treatment accorded Mr Turi Carroll, for twenty years chairman of the Wairoa County Council, but now retired, was Conference President. His extremely well-informed address about the problems of incorporations, given at the 1939 table, was one of the highlights of conference. His simple rules for a successful incorporation: avoid litigation; keep accurate and open accounts, appoint honest devoted management committees and sponsor joint buying and selling between incorporations. ‘Properly managed,’ he said, ‘they will not fail’. “Leadership”. The reports of Round Tables A and B made most interesting reading. The 1939 Round Table did not even discuss the matter. Time was pressing when we reached that section of the agenda so it was decided to pass on to education. Several — including myself, — voted against this course but I now think the majority decision was correct. Leadership to acknowledged leaders can best be an academic topic, at worst an arid one. They could do something practical by discussing education for they were in a position in their private and public capacities to influence the powers that be. I feel that much good will yet come from the education debate but that only one or two like myself would have benefited by hearing leadership discussed.

SOME CRITICISMS If I might be permitted to criticise one minor point I would question the value of the plenary sessions as they were conducted at the conference. I feel sure that it was not the intention of the organisers that these sessions should become, as