.'l.')H Proceedings. 



Carter Bequest.— Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 



31st December, 1917. 



Bv Balance brought forward 

 Public Trust Office- 

 Interest from 31st December, 1916, to 31st 



December, 1917 

 Bonus interest from 31st December, 1916, to 

 31st December, 1917 

 To Public Trustee- 

 Commission 

 Balance in hands of Public Trustee 



By Balance .. .. .. .. .. .. £4,138 5 11 



Financial Position. — After a general discussion on the financial position 

 of the Institute it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Ewen, seconded by 

 Dr. Cockayne, That for every copy of Volume 50 of the Transactions re- 

 ceived by the incorporated societies a contribution of 2s. 6d. towards the 

 cost of printing shall be made during the current year by such society. 

 On the motion of Professor Thomas, seconded by Mr. Hill, it was resolved, 

 That strong representations be made to the Government by the New 

 Zealand Institute with the view of obtaining an increased grant of £750 

 for this year for the publication of the Transactions and other scientific 

 work. 



Hutton Grant for Research. — Mr. G-. M. Thomson, Chairman of the Porto- 

 bello Fish-hatchery, read a further report of the work carried out during 

 1917, which had been assisted by a grant from the Hutton Fund in Januarv, 

 1916. 



Hector Award for 1918. — -The recommendations of the Committee of 

 Award — Professor Chilton, Dr. Cockayne (convener), Professor Easter- 

 field, and Professor P. Marshall — was received in a sealed envelope by the 

 President, and the recommendation awarding the medal and prize to Mr. 

 T. F. Cheeseman, of Auckland, was adopted on the motion of Professor 

 Thomas, seconded by Mr. G. M. Thomson. 



Report of the Hector Memorial Award Committee. 



The members of the Hector Memorial Award Committee for 1918 — Professor C. 

 Chilton, Dr. L. Cockayne, Professor T. H. Easterfield, and Dr. P. Marshall — having 

 carefully considered the claims of all botanists who, in their opinion, might be entitled 

 to receive the Hector Memorial Medal and Prize, have unanimously decided to recom- 

 mend Mr. T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S., as the recipient of the award. 



This they do on the grounds not only of the great excellence of Mr. Cheeseman' s 

 published researches on New Zealand systematic botany, phytogeography, and floral 

 biology, winch have been carried on without a break since the early " seventies" of the 

 last century, but also because of the supreme influence of his work, especially of his 

 admirable Manual of the New Zealand Flora, upon botanical investigation throughout 

 the Dominion. Leonard Cockayne, 



Convener of the Committee. 



Publication Committee's Report. — On the motion of Dr. Cockayne, the 

 Publication Committee's report was adopted. On the motion of Dr. Hil- 

 gendorf, seconded by Professor Segar, it was resolved, That the question 

 of inserting the date of receipt of papers by the Honorary Editors be left 

 to the Publication Committee. 



