Professor F. P. Worley, it was resolved that the report be considered by the incorporated societies and that they be asked to furnish a report thereon by the 31st May. Report of The Research Grant Committee. Twelve applications for research grants were made during the year. After enquiries ten of these were granted in full, one to a reduced extent, and in one case the Committee was unable to make a recommendation. The total amount granted was £750. Reports from most of those operating grants were received but not from all. Grantees should be informed that unless the necessary annual report is supplied, further payments will be jeopardized. The reports were considered by the Committee, and abstracts, prepared by the Assistant Secretary, are appended. With a view to introducing more apparent uniformity into the method of operating grants the Committee has made some suggestions to the Standing Committee regarding procedure. (Signed) C. Coleridge Farr, Chairman Research Grant Committee. Research Grant Committee.—The report of the Committee was adopted. Report of Research Grantees For The Year Ending 31St December, 1928. Dr. C. E. Adams, who in 1925 was granted £200 for a research on Southern Stars, reported on the 21st November, 1928, that he has written to Dr. L. J. Comrie in London giving him all the necessary information he had in connection with the interferometer which is necessary for his research, and Dr. Comrie and Mr. Hargreaves are to submit quotations for the interferometer which will be submitted to the Standing Committee. So far no portion of the grant has been expended. Auckland Institute Research Committee, which was in 1925 granted £65 for an ecological survey of the Waitemata Harbour, reported on the 27th December that further collections have been made from new stations in the area under survey and the material collected is now to be worked out. Reports from members of the Committee dealing with their particular branch of investigation have been or are being prepared. The heavy collecting gear purchased by the Committee was taken over by the Auckland Institute at the price paid for it and the Committee now incurs only the cost of transport and preservatives, although still using the gear which is lent by the Auckland Institute and Museum. There is an unexpended balance of £33/5/10. Dr. H. H. Allan, who in 1923 was granted £30 for a research on ryegrasses and cocksfoot, reported on the 3rd December that the work has been continued along the lines previously reported. A report on the experiments as to the relation between germinative energy and the subsequent growth of individual plants is being prepared for publication. Certain individual plants have been selected for various promising qualities and are being multiplied vegetatively. Mr. Malcolm is now associated with Dr. Allan in this research and is attending to the work in Feilding. Results so far obtained support Dr. Hilgendorf's findings as to the superiority of cocksfoot from New Zealand sources over that of Danish. The same may be said of New Zealand cocksfoot as compared with English, French, and German commercial samples tested. It has not been possible yet to secure seed of “indigenous” English cocksfoot considered by Stapledon to be excellent for grazing purposes. Grantee has in hand a balance of £10/16/6. Dr. H. H. Allan, who in 1924 was granted £50 for a research on Mt. Egmont Forest, reported on the 3rd December that owing to other important field work he has been unable to visit Mt. Egmont for some time, but he hopes to complete the field work in the coming season, and the results then