512 Appendix. 



Research Grants from Vote (£2,000) during Year ending 31st March, 



1920. 



Through the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury : — 



Mr. Guy Brittin, £100 for research in fruit-tree diseases. 



Professor C. Coleridge Farr, £100 and £30 for experiments on the 



porosity of insulators. 

 Mr. W. G. Morrison, £70 to £100 for research in the natural regeneration 



of exotic and indigenous forest-trees in connection with natural 



afforestation of high country. 

 Mr. R. Speight, £225 for a geological survey of Malvern Hills. 

 Professor W. P. Evans, £200 for research on New Zealand brown coals. 



Through the OtagQ Institute : — ■ 



Professor J. Malcolm, £250 and £25 for a research on New Zealand fishes. 

 Mr. G. S. Thomson and the Hon. G. M. Thomson, £50 for a research 



into the economic value of whale-feed. 

 Mr. W. G. Howes, £30 for research work on Neuroptera. 



Through the Auckland Institute : — 



Messrs. Lancaster and Cornes, £50 for forestry research. 



Through the Wellington Philosophical Society ": — 

 Dr. C. E. Adams, £35 for astronomical research. 

 Dr. C. E. Adams, £150 for research in connection with astronomical 



sites. 

 Professor T. H. Easterfield, £250 for investigation on mineral oils, waxes, 



and resins. 

 Dr. J. Allan Thomson, £100 for a research into the chemical characters 



of igneous rocks. 

 Professor E. Marsden, £125 for research on the disintegration efiect of 



a particles on matter, and £60 for research on gas and electricity 



for domestic purposes. 



THE CARTER BEQUEST. 



For extracts from the wiU of Charles Rooking Carter see vol. 48, 1916, 

 pp. 565-66. 



