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The Report of the Research Grant Committee was read, and, on the motion 

 of Mr. Aston, seconded by Dr. Thomson, was adopted. On the motion of 

 Dr. Hilgendorf, seconded by Professor Segar, it was resolved, That the 

 grants already voted but not expended be renewed to the original appli- 

 cants for the coming year. 



On the motion of Dr. Hilgendorf, seconded by Mr. Hogben, it was 

 resolved, That all applications for research grants be made through 

 incorporated societies. 



Report of the Research Grant Committee. 

 (Professor Easterfield, Dr. Allan Thomson, and Mr. B. C. Aston.) 



The grantees for 1916-17 (see Trans, and Proc, N.Z. Inst, vol. 49, p. 580) have 

 reported as follows : — 



Mr. L. Symes (Canterbury Philosophical Institute) reports (15/12/17) that no 

 portion of the grant has been expended, owing to the difficulty of obtaining the necessary 

 assistance. Some preliminary work has been done, but little progress can be reported. 

 The grantee asks that the grant be renewed for the coming year. A committee of the 

 Canterbury Philosophical Institute, consisting of Messrs. Hilgendorf, Page, Wild, Martin, 

 and the grantee, has been appointed to carry on the work during the coming season. 



Mr. L. Birks (Canterbury Philosophical Institute) reports (28/1/18) that the grant 

 has not been touched, but asks that the same sum be voted for this year. 



Messrs. Speight and Wild (Canterbury Philosophical Institute) report (1/12/17) 

 having visited various localities in the South Island and having expended out of the 

 grant of £50 the sum of £21 10s. 9d. in travelling-expenses. The work done they regard 

 as preliminary to the attack on the problem from the commercial standpoint. 



Mr. H. Hill (Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute) furnishes (20/11/17) a narrative 

 of his journey across the Taupo Plains, with complete statements of expenditure, showing 

 that the grant has been fully expended. 



Professor Kirk (23/12/17) supplies an interim report, with a statement of £12 2s. 

 expended out of £25 voted, and asks that the unexpended balance be allowed to stand 

 over for another year. 



Messrs. La Trobe and Adams report (24/1/18) that £64 Is. 6d. has been spent in 

 the construction of apparatus, and make application for a further grant of £75. 



Professor Jack (Otago Institute) has not been able to do anything towards the 

 research for which £25 was voted but not paid, and asks (15/1/18) that the grant be 

 renewed for 1918. 



Mr. D. Petrie (Auckland Institute), being unable to take up the research for which 

 £20 was granted, has surrendered his grant, and the money has been paid to the Institute. 



Hamilton Memorial. — The report of the Hamilton Memorial Committee 

 of the Wellington Philosophical Society, showing photographs of the stone 

 selected and specifications and inscriptions in Maori and English, was read 

 and received. 



On the motion of Mr. Birks, it was resolved to thank the Hamilton 

 Memorial Committee for their action. 



On the motion of Mr. Hogben, seconded by Mr. Birks, it was resolved, 

 That the Standing Committee be authorized to co-operate with the Wel- 

 lington Philosophical Society in arranging the terms on which the balance 

 of the Hamilton Memorial Fund should be handed over in trust to the New 

 Zealand Institute. 



Report of the Hamilton Memorial Committee of the Wellington Philosophical 



Society. 



The Committee has to report that in response to a circular asking for subscriptions 

 for a memorial to the late Mr. Augustus Hamilton, the sum of £122 2s. lOd. was received. 



After consultation with the family of the late Mr. Hamilton, the Committee decided 

 to have a suitable monolith erected over the grave at Russell, Bay of Islands. 



A number of designs were considered, and the one prepared by the Government 

 Architect, Mr. J. Campbell, F.R.I.B.A., was adopted. Working drawings and speci- 

 fications were prepared by Mr. Campbell, and steps were then taken to obtain a suitable 



