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quently threatened with extinction, strongly urges on the Government 

 the necessity for the immediate adoption of adequate measures to protect 

 the reserve referred to from the depredations of stock and from injury by 

 fire, and that the Government be asked to make and protect further 

 reserves in that locality, including the country between the Tasman and 

 Hooker Glaciers ; and that a copy of this resolution be sent to the 

 Hon. the Minister of Lands." In reply to the Secretary's communi- 

 cation the Minister of Lands stated that instructions had been issued 

 to the Commissioner of Crown Lands for Canterbury, the Crown Lands 

 Ranger, and other officials to repoit as to the facts of the case. 



Reference was made in the last annual report to the compilation of 

 an "Index Faunae Novas-Zealandise," which it was hoped the Governors 

 of the New Zealand Institute would publish. This the Governors did not 

 see their way to do, and accordingly the Canterbury Philosophical In- 

 stitute had itself undertaken to publish the work at joint risk with Cap- 

 tain Hutton, the editor. Your Council resolved to co-operate with the 

 Canterbury Philosophical Institute by subscribing for fifty copies at 10s. 

 each. 



The matter of the marine fish-hatchery has been moved a step for- 

 ward, and is now out of the hands of your Council, except as regards the 

 appointment of a representative on the advisory beard and its liability 

 of £250 towards the cost of construction of the station. On the 10th 

 March Professor Benham, Messrs. A. C. Begg, P. R. Chapman, R. 

 Chisholm, and G. M. Thomson waited on the Premier as a joint deputa- 

 tion from the Institute and the Otago Acclimatisation Society, and received 

 an assurance from him that the Cabinet had agreed to push on with the 

 matter. In consequence of a letter received from the Marine Depart- 

 ment, a conference of your Council with the committee of the Acclimati- 

 sation Society was held on the 21st March. The letter stated that the 

 Government was prepared to form an advisory board in connection with 

 the marine fish-hatchery, and to go on with the construction at a cost 

 not to exceed £1,100 : the Board to consist of one member from the 

 Otago Institute ; one member from the Otago Acclimatisation Society ; 

 the Commissioner of Customs, Dunedin ; the District Engineer, Public 

 Works Department, Dunedin; and the Chief Surveyor, Otago District. 

 After discussion it was agreed, " That, if it be understood that the ad- 

 visory board shall have the management subject to the control of the 

 Department, and that the representation of the societies be increased to 

 two members each, the societies will agree to the Government pro- 

 posals." On the 12th June an advisory board consisting of Mr. David 

 Barron, Chief Surveyor; Mr. C. W. S. Chamberlain, Collector of 

 Customs ; Mr. Robert Chisholm, representing the Otago Acclimatisa- 

 tion Society; Captain C. E. W. Fleming, Superintendent of Mercantile 

 Marine ; and Mr. G. M. Thomson, representing the Otago Institute, was 

 gazetted. Although this is not in accordance with the foregoing resolu- 

 tion, your Council, being desirous of seeing the work proceeded with, 

 did not think it advisable to press the matter. On the 24th June the 

 first meeting of the Board was held, when Mr. George M. Thomson was 

 elected Chairman, and Mr. C. W. Chamberlain Hon. Secretary. 



Early in the session a letter was received from the Council of the 

 Auckland Institute in regard to the delay in publication of the Trans- 

 actions, and suggesting (1) the issue of the annual volume in parts, these 

 parts either to appear at fixed periods or as soon as sufficient material is 

 available ; (2) that no papers forwarded to the Manager of the Institute 

 later than 31st December in each year shall appear in the volume for 

 that year. In reply, the Secretary was requested to write expressing the 

 concurrence of this Council with the proposals of the Auckland Insti- 

 tute, and further to suggest that the Proceedings should be published 

 separately from the Transactions immediately after the close of each 

 session, or in two separate instalments during and after each session. 



