Research Grants. Mr. R. W. Green, Auckland University College, was granted £25 for the purchase of a platinum crucible to enable him to carry out research on the adsorption of water vapour by the protein constituents of collagen and clastin. Applications for the special research grant of £100 authorised by the last Annual Meeting were called for and seven applications were received, two of these being subsequently withdrawn on account of altered circumstances. A subcommittee consisting of Dr. J. Marwick (convener), Dr. R. A. Falla, and Dr. L. I. Grange recommended that the Standing Committee grant Miss G. Parry £40 for research on New Zealand sea anemones and £25 to Dr. L. H. Briggs for research on behalf of his chemistry students working on the chemical products of New Zealand plants. These grants were approved by the Standing Committee on the 16th February and the 13th April, 1948. T. K. Sidey Summer-time Award. The Royal Society of New South Wales was asked to present the Summer-time Medal to Dr. D. F. Martyn, to whom it had been awarded at last Annual Meeting, and Dr. F. Lyons, acting President of the Society, made the presentation at a general meeting of the Society on the 5th November, 1947. N.Z. Science Congress. The Science Congress organized by the Wellington Branch was an outstanding success with a large attendance and with approximately 200 papers presented. Through the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research the Government made available a grant of £500 for printing a Science Congress volume. This is being printed as a Special Part of the Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, but as stated earlier, the printing, which is in the hands of the Otago Daily Times Company, is making slow progress. Numerous resolutions were received from the Congress general and sectional meetings, and these were despatched to the proper quarters. The replies are being compiled for circulation to the Branches and the resolutions directly affecting the Royal Society will come before the Annual Meeting in May. A. and N.Z.A.A.S. Sir Theodore Rigg, Professor L. R. Richardson, and Dr. J. T. Salmon were appointed to represent the Royal Society at the Perth meeting of the A. and N.Z.A.A.S. Professor Richardson briefly reported to the Standing Committee on the 24th September. Pacific Science Congress. Following a decision of the Annual Meeting to approach the Government for financial support to enable the next Pacific Science Congress to be held in New Zealand immediate action was taken to ascertain the extent of the financial help required for such an undertaking. The Scientific Liaison Officer in Washington, Mr. J. A. D. Nash, after consultation with the appropriate authorities in U.S.A., forwarded the necessary information, and the Government was then approached for a grant of £10,000 to enable the Royal Society to issue an invitation to the Pacific Science Association to hold its Seventh Congress in New Zealand. On the 24th October the Secretary of the Scientific and Industrial Research Department advised that Cabinet had given consideration to the Society's request and approval had been granted as follows:— (1) That the Royal Society issue an invitation to the Pacific Science Association to hold the Seventh Pacific Science Congress in New Zealand. (2) That a grant of up to £10,000 be made to the Royal Society for the purpose of the Congress. The Government was cordially thanked for its co-operation and assistance. At the special meeting of the Council held on the 13th November, Professor R. S. Allan presented a report on the organization that would be necessary for the effective carrying out of the Congress based on the reports of the previous six Congresses. An Organizing Committee was set up and Dr. R. Cushman Murphy, who was present at the meeting by invitation, outlined the scope and importance of such Pacific Science Congresses, stating that the present intense intense interest in Pacific research would make the Seventh Pacific Science Congress all the more interesting and important. He stated that the invitation to hold the Congress in New Zealand was being warmly welcomed in U.S.A. The Organizing Committee, which has held two meetings, asked Dr. G. Archey to undertake the general secretaryship, and the Standing Committee heartily approved the appointment. Officers of the Congress have been appointed as follows:—