Proceedings Of The Royal Society of New Zealand

Minutes of The Annual Meeting of The Council, 23rd May, 1939. The Annual Meeting of the Council was held on Tuesday, 23rd May, 1939, commencing at 10 a.m., in the Council Room of Victoria University College, Wellington. Roll Call: The Secretary called the roll, the following being-present:— The President (Professor W. P. Evans), the Vice-President and. Co-opted Member (Dr. P. Marshall); Representing the Government: Mr. B. C. Aston, Professor E. R. Hudson and Dr. W. R. B. Oliver; Representing Auckland Institute: Mr. G. Archey and Professor H. W. Segar; Representing Wellington Branch: Dr. H. H. Allan and Mr. F. R. Callaghan; Representing Canterbury Branch: Dr. F. W. Hilgendorf and Mr. E. F. Stead; Representing Otago Branch: Dr. C. M. Focken and Mr. G. Simpson; Representing Hawke's Bay Branch: Mr. G. V. Hudson; Representing Manawatu Branch: Mr. M. A. Eliott; Representing Nelson Institute: Sir Thomas Easterfield. Apologies: Apologies for absence were received from His Excellency the Governor-General and the Hon. Minister for Scientific and Industrial Research. New Members: The President welcomed Dr. C. M. Focken and Mr. G. Simpson, who had been appointed to represent the Otago Branch in place of Professor J. Park and Dr. F. J. Turner, who had resigned. He paid a tribute to Professor Park, making reference to his long service on the Council, and to Dr. Turner, who had done such good work as Editor of the Transactions. Presidential Address: Professor Evans then read his Presidential Address, in which he first made reference to the loss the Society had sustained by the death of Dr. J. S. Maclaurin, a Fellow of the Society, and Dr. W. J. Mellor, an Honorary Member of the Society since 1919.