506 Proceedings. 



TECHNOLOGICAL BRANCH. 



Early in the year it was decided by the Committee that owing to war conditions 

 no full course of meetings should be attempted. 



The annual and only meeting was held on the loth October, when addresses were 

 delivered as follows : "A New Device for Damming Swift Riv^ers,"" \>y Professor Park ; 

 " Military Mine Engineering," by Professor Waters. 



At the same meeting the following office-bearers were elected for 1919 : Chairman 

 — Professor Waters. Vice-C hair men — Professor Park, Messrs. B. B. Hooper and F. W. 

 Payne. Committee — Messrs. M. C. Hendeison, F. J. Jones, H. Mandeno, George Simp- 

 son, and R. N. Vanes ; Hon. Secretary — Mr. H. Brasch. 



ASTRONOMICAL BRANCH. 



The annual meeting (the only meeting of the session) was held on the 29th October, 

 when a paper on " Stone henge as an Astronomical Station " was contributed by Pro- 

 fessor D. A. White. Owing to the progress made in the removal of Tanna Hill, the 

 telescope-house has been dismantled and I\Ir. Skey's telescope returned to him. The 

 thanks of the meeting were directed to be conveyed to Mr. Skey for his kindness in 

 placing his telescope at the service of members for so many years. Master A. G. Crust 

 was complimented on his early discovery of Nova Aquila. 



Officers elected for year 1919: Chairman — Mr. R. Gilkison. Vice-Chairmen— 

 R. Jack, J. Park, and D. R. White. Committee— Rev. D. Dutton, F.R.A.S. ; Dr. Cameron ; 

 Messrs. H. Brasch, C. Frye, W. S. Wilson, and J. W. Milnes (Hon. Secretary). 



HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE. 



The following papers and addresses were read during the year 1918 : 

 (17th May) President's inaugural address, " Scientific Development, Past, 

 Present, and Future " ; (19th June) '' A Visit to a Montessori Infant 

 School," by the Hon. Sir R. Stout, K.C.M.G. ; (16th July) "^ The Marvels of 

 the S])ecti'oscope," by J. W. Poynton ; (15th August) '" Some Remarks and 

 Experiments on Combustion." by J. H. Edmundson ; (13th Sejitember) 

 Lantern address on '' Rhodesia, Mashonaland, &c.," by Thomas Probert. 



At the annual meeting tlie following officers for the year 1919 were 

 elected : President— W. A. Armour, M^A., M.Sc. V ice-P resident— E. G. 

 Loten. Council — W. Dinwiddie ; A. Anderson ; H. Hill ; D. A. Strachan, 

 M.A. ; G. Stubbs ; T. C. Moore, M.D. Hon. Secretanj and Treasurer— 

 C. F H. Pollock. Hon. Auditor— ^i. S. Large. Hon. Lanternist—Yi. Cottrell. 

 Representative to New Zealatid Institute — H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S. 



Abstract of Annual Report. 



Meetings. — Five general meetings were held, at which three papers were read. Two 

 further meetings were arranged for in November and December, at which addresses 

 were to be given by Mr. D. A. Strachan, M.A., on " Some Recent Developments in 

 Economics," and Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M., on '" Radium and its Wonders." In view 

 of the disastrous influenza epidemic, however, these had to be abandoned. 



Membership. -Ten new members have been elected during the year, and eight have 

 resigned. The total membership is now eighty. 



Members on Active Service. — The Council desires to place on record the names of 

 the following members on war service : Surgeon-Colonel H. F. Bernau, Surgeon-Colonel 

 J. P. D. Leahy, and Messrs. E. F. Northcroft, E. G. Wheeler, and P. Loftus Poole. 



Obituary. — With great regret the Council records the death of the following members 

 during the year : Mr. H. W. Antill, a past Vice-President : Dr. E. H. W. Henley, a 

 former President ; Mr. T. Tanner, a jiast President, and one of the original founders ; 

 and Mr. Peter Dinwiddie, a member for thirty-four years. 



Hawke's Bay Educational Conference. — The President and Hon. Secretary were 

 appointed delegates to represent the Institute at this conference, held at the Athenaeum 

 on the 7th and 8th October. 



Finance. — The balance-sheet shows the satisfactory credit balance of £50 1 6s. 3d. 



