350 Proceedings. 



Co-ordination of Science and Industry. — This matter has received the constan 

 attention of the Council. 



In April, by request of the local Commissioner of the National Efficiency Board, 

 members of the Council waited on him and discussed various matters relative to national 

 efficiency. A number of suggestions were made to the Commissioner, and several 

 matters were referred to members of the Institute for report. 



Another matter which has engaged the attention of your Council is the proposal 

 made by the Scientific and Industrial Research Committee of the New Zealand 

 Institute, to recommend the establishment of a national Board of Science and Industry. 

 The Council has criticized some features of the scheme and made suggestions with a 

 view to its improvement. Your < louncil earnestly trusts that this proposal will materialize 

 and that an institution of great national value will result. 



Government Research (Irani. — The sum of tl l(t allotted by the New Zealand Institute 

 to members of this Institute was received in .March, and part has been paid over to 

 grantees. 



Considerable progress has been made in the investigation of the phosphate rocks 

 of Canterbury by Messrs. R, Speight and L. J. Wild. A paper on some of the results 

 of their observations has been read before the Institute. 



Certain preliminary work has been done on the other investigations — viz., the 

 deterioration of apples in cold storage, and the electrical prevention of frosting in orchards. 



Proposed Reform of the New Zealand Institute. — The Council has given very serious 

 attention to certain proposals which have been received for the remodelling of the New 

 Zealand Institute. The Council, while anxious that the position of the New Zealand 

 Institute, both financial and otherwise, should be strengthened, has deprecated any 

 action which it considers would injure the local societies or destroy the present repre- 

 sentative nature of the governing body. 



OTAC40 INSTITUTE. 



During the year eight ordinary meetings of the Institute were held, at 

 which there were read or received eleven papers embodying the results of 

 original research. The titles of these papers, with the names of the authors, 

 are as follows: — (12th June) 'On a Partially White Form of Puffinus 

 griseus," by Mr. D. L. Poppelwell : ;t Notes on a Botanical Visit to Holly- 

 ford Valley and Martin's Bay." by Messrs. D. L. Poppelwell and W. A. 

 Thomson ; " Notes on a Botanical Excursion to Bunker's Island," by Mr. 

 D. L. Poppelwell; "Notes on a Botanical Visit to Coll or Bench Island," 

 by Mr. D. L. Poppelwell : (9th October) " On the Age of the Alpine Chain 

 of Western Otago," by Professor J. Park, F.G.S. ; " On the Miocene 

 (Oamaru Stone) Coral Reef," by Professor J. Park, F.G.S. ; "Descriptions 

 of New Species of Lepidoptera," by Mr. Alfred Philpott (communicated) ; 

 " On the Structure of Amphibola crenata,' n by Miss W. Farnie, M.A. (com- 

 municated) ; ; ' Notes on a Trematode from Amphibola crenata," by Miss 

 W. Farnie, M.A. (communicated) ; ; ' Notes on the Autecology of certain 

 Plants of the Mineral Belt, Nelson," by Miss M. W. Betts, ~M.Sc. (com- 

 municated) ; " The Origin of Serpentine," by Dr. W. N. Benson, F.G.S. 



The following addresses have also been delivered during the past ses- 

 sion : ' The Position of Science in our Educational System " (presidential 

 address), by Dr. J. K. II. Inglis ; " The Coming of the Earthworm to New 

 Zealand," by Dr. W. B. Benham ; "The Rainbow Top," by Mr. T. B. 

 Hamilton; "William James and Pragmatism," by Dr. F. W. Dunlop ; 

 ' The Gyroscope and its Applications," by Dr. R. Jack ; " The Occurrence 

 and Oeiiesis of Ore Deposits," by Professor J. Park ; and " A Chapter in 

 Evolution," by Dr. W. P. Gowland. 



