546 New Zealand Institute. 



£ s. d. 



Balance in bank. 28th January, 1908. . 415 8 11 



Petty cash in hand . . . . 2 7 



417 15 11 

 Less unpresented cheques . . 56 10 



361 5 11 



£875 19 3 



MINUTES OF FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



30th January, 1908. 



The fifth annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the New- 

 Zealand Institute was held in the Dominion Museum on Thurs- 

 day, the 30th January, 1908, at 10.30 a.m. 



Present : Mr. G. M. Thomson, President (in the chair) ; 

 Professors Charles Chilton, T. H. Easterfield, and W. B. Bon- 

 ham ; Dr. C. C. Farr ; Messrs. D. Petrie, E. Tregear, J. Young. 

 K. Wilson, Martin Chapman, J. Stewart, H. Hill, A. Hamilton, 

 and T. H. Gill (Secretary). 



The Secretary read the letters received from the several 

 societies affiliated to the Institute, nominating members of the 

 Board of Governors, the nominations being as follows : Auckland 

 Institute — Messrs. D. Petrie and J. Stewart ; Wellington Philo- 

 sophical Society — Professor T. H. Easterfield and Mr. Martin 

 Chapman ; Philosophical Institute of Canterbury — Professor 

 Charles Chilton and Dr. C. C. Farr ; Otago Institute — Professor 

 W. B. Benham and Mr. G. M. Thomson ; Hawke's Bay Philo- 

 sophical Institute — Mr. H. Hill ; Nelson Philosophical Institute 

 —Dr. L. Cockayne ; Westland Institute— Mr. T. H. Gill ; Mana- 

 watu Philosophical Society — Mr. K. Wilson. 



The minutes of the previous annual meeting and of the 

 three meetings of the Standing Committee were read, and the 

 minutes of the previous annual meeting were confirmed. 



A letter, dated the 29th January, 1908, from Messrs. T. E. 

 Fleming and H. D. Bell, members of the Victoria College Council. 

 Wellington, was read, in reference to the establishment of an 

 astronomical observatory in Wellington. Moved by Mr. Hill. 

 seconded by Mr. Chapman, " That the Board of Governors meet 

 a deputation from the College Council at noon this day."' 

 Carried. 



