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block of stone. Inquiries were made at a number of quarries, and finally a block of 

 Kairuru marble was selected by the Committee and approved by Mr. H. Hamilton. The 

 block stands on a concrete base faced by four pieces of the same kind of marble, covering 

 an area of 4 ft. 6 in. by 3 ft. 7 in. A bronze tablet is mounted on the main block, and 

 has the following inscription in raised letters : — 



AUGUSTUS HAMILTON 



1853-1913 



Director of the Dominion Museum 

 Wellington 



an eminent student of maori lore 



a lover of nature 



an earnest seeker after truth 



A bronze tablet is mounted in the marble base, and has the following inscription 

 in raised letters : — 



KO TENEI PAKEHA KO HAMUTANA HE HOA TUTURU 

 NO TE IWI MAORI, A HE TANGATA MANAAKI 

 HOKI I NGA RAWA O MUA O TE MAORI, ME NGA 

 KAUWHAU O NEHE. KoiA I TAPAIA AI TONA INGOA 



ko TUPAI TE AHORANGI ; te whatu o te whare 



WANANGA, ME TE KAI TIAKI O TE KETE ARONUI. 



This may be translated as — 



" This European Hamilton was a firm friend of the Maori people, a person who 

 treasured their old-time works and ancient lore. Hence he was named Tupai te Ahorangi 

 — the Core of the House of Learning, the Preserver of Occult Knowledge." 



The thanks of the Committee are tendered to Mr. R. W. Holmes, Engineer-in- 

 Chief, and Mr. John Wood, District Engineer, Public Works Department ; to Mr. Elsdon 

 Best ; to Mr. J. Campbell, Government Architect ; to Mr. G. Allport, Secretary for 

 Marine ; and to Captain Bo lions, of the Government steamer " Hinemoa," for valuable 

 services rendered. 



Through the actions of these gentlemen in saving expenses the Committee is enabled 

 to hand over with this report an unexpended balance of £38 2s. 3d. The Committee 

 recommends that this sum be invested by the New Zealand Institute, and that each 

 year one half of the interest be added to the principal, and that the other half of the 

 interest be devoted to a prize to be called the Hamilton Prize. The prize should be 

 awarded from time to time by the New Zealand Institute to the author whose first 

 scientific writings which shall be deemed worthy of the honour of the prize shall have 

 appeared in the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute or other similar publication 

 in New Zealand. The intention of the Committee is that the prize be restricted for 

 competition among beginners in scientific research. The Committee has to report that 

 this proposal is approved by the Hamilton family. 



Specifications, working drawings, and photographs of the monument are forwarded 

 herewith. 



C. Monro Hector, Chairman. 

 T. H. Easterfield. 



Wellington, 24th October, 1917. C. E. Adams, Secretary. 



New Zealand Mean Time.— A letter (20/12/17) from the Wellington 

 Philosophical Society enclosing a printed report of a Committee of t?he 

 Council of the Wellington Philosophical Society entitled " New Zealand 

 Standard Time " was received. On the motion of Mr. Birks, seconded by 

 Dr. J. Allan Thomson, it was resolved by nine votes to five, That the New 

 Zealand Institute endorse the resolution of the Wellington Philosophical 

 Society regarding the alteration of New Zealand mean time. 



Bird-protection.- — -A letter from the Royal Zoological and Acclimatisation 

 Society of Victoria, Melbourne (15/10/17), was read and received. On the 

 motion of Professor Kirk, seconded by Professor Thomas, it was resolved, 

 That the Institute is in sympathy with all movements for the protection of 



