550 New Zealand Institute. 



Mr. Hamilton moved, and Mr. Petrie seconded, " That a 

 committee be set up to go into the matter of the delay in the 

 issue of the 39th volume of the Transactions ; to interview 

 the Government Printer and the Minister, if necessary, and 

 to report to the Standing Committee." Carried. 



Mr. Hamilton moved, and Professor Easterfield seconded. 

 ' That the committee consist of the President, Dr. Farr, Pro- 

 fessor Chilton, Professor Benham, and Mr. Stewart." Carried. 



Mr. Hamilton moved, and Mr. Young seconded. " That the 

 Board of Governors appoint a committee to make arrangements 

 for the preparation of an index to the forty volumes of the 

 ' Transactions of the New Zealand Institute,' the index to cover 

 author's index, subject index, index of plates and figures, 

 and to include the Proceedings as well as the Transactions ; 

 and that the Government be asked to make a grant for the 

 printing of the index." Carried. 



Mr. Hamilton moved, and Mr. Gill seconded, " That the 

 President and Professors Benham, Easterfield, and Chilton be 

 the committee to make arrangements for the preparation of an 

 index to the forty volumes of the Transactions." Carried. 



Proposed by Mr. Hamilton, seconded by Dr. Chilton. " That 

 the 41st volume be the first of a new series. That the 41st 

 volume consist of two separately published parts : Part I to 

 contain the scientific papers, plates, and index : Part II to con- 

 tain — (a) Annual address of the President of the Institute ; 



(b) the Proceedings of the societies and presidential addresses ; 



(c) short abstracts of papers not printed in full ; (d) summaries 

 of scientific papers appearing in other publications on matters 

 of interest to New Zealand science, prepared by specialists, 

 and lists of the scientific publications issued by the Depart- 

 ments of Agriculture, Chemistry. &c, during the year ; (e) in- 

 structions to writers of papers; (/) report of the annual meet- 

 ing of the Institute, with balance-sheets; (g) the New Zealand 

 Institute Act ; (//) regulations of the Hutton Memorial Fund, 

 annual report of the same, report on the Hector Memorial Fund. 

 report on Carter bequest; (i) obituary notices of honorary 

 members and members of local societies ; (j) meteorological 

 returns and diagrams; (/,) seismological returns and diagrams." 

 Carried. 



Mr. Hamilton moved, and Mr. Petrie seconded, 'That it 

 be an instruction to the Editor of the Transactions to follow 

 the rules of botanical nomenclature agreed upon at the Vienna 

 Congress of 1905 in the printing of the ' Transactions of the 

 New Zealand Institute.' " Carri< d. A letter, dated Auckland. 

 the 13th January, 1908, from Mr. T. F. Cheeseman, bearingjjon 

 this subject, was received. 



