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PKOCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



MINI TE8 OF THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 

 OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS. 



Wellington, 17th January, 1919. 



The annual meeting of the Board of Governors was held in the JJoniinion 

 Museum on Friday, the 17th January, 1919, at 10 a.m. 



Present : Professor Kirk (in the chair), Mr. Aston, Mr. C. A. Ewen, 

 and Mr. E. J. Parr. 



Poverty Baij Institute. -An application from the Poverty Bay Institute 

 for incorporation with the New Zeahand Institute, dated the 18th De- 

 cember, 1918, was received ; and, on the motion of Mr. Ewen, seconded 

 by Professor Kirk, it was resolved. That the Poverty Bay Institute having 

 compUed with the requirements of the New Zealand Institute Act and 

 Regulations, and having applied for incorporation with the New Zealand 

 Institute, their application is hereby granted. 



Adjournment to Chiistchurch. — On the motion of Mr. Parr, it was 

 resolved to adjourn the meeting to Christchurch on the 1st February, 1919, 

 at 10 a.m., the place of meeting to be Canterbury College. 



Christchurch, 1st and 3rd February, 1919. 



The adjourned annual meeting of the Board of Governors was held in 

 Canterbury College, Christchurch, on Saturday, th':- 1st February, 1919, at 

 10 a.m. 



Present : Dr. L. Cockayne, President (in the chair) ; Hon. G. W. 

 Russell (Minister of Internal Affairs), Mr. B. C. Aston, Mr. L. Birks, Pro- 

 fessor C. Chilton, Professor T. H. Easterfield, Mr. M. A. Eliott, Dr. F. W 

 Hilgendorf, Mr. H. Hill, Professor H. B. Kirk, Professor H. W. Segar, 

 Professor A. P. W. Thomas, Hon. G. M. Thomson, Dr. J. A. Thomson. 



Professor C. C. Farr, Dr. C. Chilton, and Mr. L. Birks on behalf of the 

 Canterbury Philosophical Institute welcomed the members of the Board to 

 Christchurch. 



Apologies for non-attendance were read from Mr. C. A. Ewen (Hon. 

 Treasurer), Mr. E. J. Parr, and Dr. P. Marshall. 



The Secretary announced that the only change in the representation 

 was that Professor T. H. Easterfield replaced Mr. G. Hogben as a repre- 

 sentative of the Wellington Philosophical Society, Mr. Hogben having 

 resigned. The Government representatives, Professor Chilton and Mr. Ewen, 

 who retired this year, had been re-elected. 



The minutes of the previous meeting, held on the 17th January, 1919, 

 in Wellington, were read. 



