Dr. Marshall, convener of the Hutton Award Committee, made a statement regarding the difficulties of Hutton Award Committees in selecting a recipient for the award between the various sciences. He referred to the geographical difficulty of securing a meeting of members of a large Award Committee and of reaching a unanimous decision by correspondence. He suggested that in future the number of members of the Hutton Award Committee be restricted. Dr. Marshall then read the following report of the Hutton Award Committee:— Hutton Award, 1941. The Committee that was appointed to select the medallist for 1941 consisted of the following: Professor W. B. Benham, Dr. G. H. Cunningham, Dr. J. E. Holloway, Mr. G. V. Hudson, and Dr. P. Marshall. This Committee has decided that the Hutton Medal for 1941 should be awarded to Dr. H. H. Allan for botanical research. (Signed) P. Marshall, Convener of Committee. On the motion of Dr. Marshall, seconded by Dr. Hilgendorf, the recommendation of the Committee was adopted. A Minority Report was then read as follows:— The President, Royal Society of New Zealand, Dear Sir, I desire to place on record that I do not concur with the selection made in respect of the award of the Hutton Medal for 1941. The Committee set up to report on the award was not unanimous, and I was the dissentient. My grounds for objection are as follows:— (1) In ordinary course the award was due to a geologist, and at least one geologist, with the necessary qualifications, was admitted to be available. (2) This is the third Hutton Medal awarded to agricultural officers in succession. Such a monopoly is manifestly undesirable. (3) It is nine years since a geologist was awarded the Hutton Medal. If geologists are thus excluded, the voting power of future committees will be more or less restricted to zoologists and botanists, as it is only Hutton Medallists who are placed on the Committees. (4) Senior workers, who have published a greater amount of work in the three specified sciences (zoology, botany, and geology) have been passed over. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, G. V. Hudson. In open Council the award of the Hutton Medal to Dr. H. H. Allan was confirmed.