Mr. F. J. T. Grigg, who has been Honorary Treasurer since October, 1942, resigned his offices of Vice-President and Honorary Treasurer in July following his appointment as Assistant Director of the Dominion Laboratory, Wellington. Dr. R. O. Page was appointed Honorary Treasurer in his place, and Professor G. G. Calvert was elected Vice-President. Dr. R. A. Falla left at the end of October to take up the appointment of Director of the Dominion Museum, Wellington. During his eleven years at the Canterbury Museum Dr. Falla has been an active member of the Society. He has served on the Council since 1937, and has been President, Vice-President, and one of our Representatives on the Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Following the re-organization of the Field Club in June, Mr. G. Stokell, who was elected Chairman of the Club, took his seat on the Council. General. In April, 1948, the control of the Canterbury Museum will pass from Canterbury University College to the Canterbury Museum Trust Board. The Canterbury Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand is entitled to one representative who will have to be appointed at the Annual Meeting. It is expected that the 1949 Seventh Pacific Science Congress will be held in New Zealand, the first week being held at Auckland and the second week at Christchurch. An invitation was received last year from the National Academy of Science and the American Philosophical Society for a member of the Royal Society of New Zealand to attend their Washington and Philadelphia meetings in October, 1946. Dr. R. S. Allan, who was nominated by this Branch, was chosen to represent the Society, and was absent in America until the early part of 1947. Programme. Nine meetings were held during the year, three being ordinary meetings. The following addresses were given: March 5—“A Scientist in America,” Dr. R. S. Allan; April 2—“A Visit to the Ainu People of Northern Japan,” Dr. I. L. G. Sutherland (J. Polynesian Soc.); May 7—“Science in the Building Industry,” Mr. J. L. Mandeno; June 4—“Research in Relation to Consumer Needs” (Presidential Address), Mr. E. W. Hullett; July 2—“Food Research in New Zealand,” Dr. Muriel Bell; September 3—“Ultra High Speed Photography,” Dr. J. W. Mitchell; October 1—“Beech Forests,” Mr. C. M. Smith. The following papers were read: August 6—“Methods of Quantitative Biological Surveys and a New Plankton Pump Apparatus,” C. R. Russell (J. Can. Bd. Fish); October 1—“Additions to the Rotatoria of New Zealand, Part 2,” C. R. Russell [read by title] (Trans. R.S.N.Z.); November 5—“Mutation Experiments in Wheat,” Dr. O. H. Frankel. On March 26 a Special Meeting of the Society was held in conjunction with Canterbury University College to hear an address by Dr. R. B. Goldschmidt entitled “Only a Fly's Wing—a Study in Genetic Development.” On August 6 Dr. R. A. Falla, who was one of the New Zealand delegates to the United Nations' Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Conference at Paris, gave an address entitled “Unesco at Work.” Riccarton Bush. The Committee, set up as a result of the public meeting called by this Society and the Canterbury Progress League in August, 1946, continued the work partially recorded in last Annual Report. It was decided, after investigation, to prepare a bold scheme and invite local bodies to join in financing not only the purchase of the adjacent Deans Homestead Block but also the adequate maintenance of both the new area and the original Bush. Eventually a satisfactory arrangement for spreading the cost over a wider area and for enlarging representation on the Board of Trustees was worked out, approved by the five local bodies concerned and presented as a Parliamentary Bill. This, after some vicissitudes between the two Houses, was recently passed. While Mr. W. B. Brockie was at the Campbell Islands early this year. Mr. C. E. Foweraker again acted as the Society's representative on the Board, and Mr. J. W. Niven, City Treasurer, was appointed Secretary. On Mr. Brockie's appointment as Curator of the Otari Native Plant Museum, Wellington, Mr. L. W. McCaskill was elected as our representative. Mr. McCaskill's annual report is as follows: “Maintenance of the Bush during the year has been carried out under conditions of considerable difficulty.