IN M EMORI AM. 



Thomas Mason (1818-1903), a native of England, arrived in 

 Wellington in 1841, and settled at Taita, in the Hutt Valley. He had 

 been Chairman of the Hutt County Council, and was at one time a 

 member of the House of Representatives for the Hutt District. As a 

 horticulturist he had a wide reputation, having the finest private 

 botanical collection in the colony. He was for over twenty years a 

 member of the Board of Governors of the Institute, and was Chairman 

 of the Board at the time of his death. He has contributed papers on 

 horticultural subjects which have been published in the Transactions, 

 and the current volume contains his last contribution. 



