Thirteenth Annual Meeting. 



525 



Carter Bequest. — Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 



31st December. 1915. 



Receipts. 

 Balance brought forward, . . 

 Now Zealand Loan and Mer- 

 cantile Agency Company 

 (Limited) — 

 Interest, 1st October, 1914, 

 to 1st October. 191.5 . . 

 DivideJid (preference), 30th 

 June. 1914. to 30th June, 

 1915.. 

 PubHc Trust Office j interest, 

 31st December. 1914. to 

 31st December, 1915 



Expenditure. £ s. d. 

 Public Trust Office, commis- 

 sion, 2^ percent, on 13s. Id. 4 

 Petty expenses — Postages . . 10 

 Balance .. .. .. 3,744 5 



£3,744 1 9 



Hutton Memorial Fund. — -Statement of Receipts and Expenditure to 3 1st 



December, 1915. 



Receipts. 



Balance brought forward . . 



Public Trust Office, interest. 

 31st December. 1914, to 

 31st December, 1915, at 4^ 

 per cent. 



£ s. d. 

 722 15 9 



31 18 9 



£754 14 6 



E.cpendittire. 



New Zealand Institute Ac- 

 count : Grant to W. R. B. 

 Oliver for 1914-15 



Public Trust Office, postages 



Balance . . 



£ 



I.". 



1 



739 13 6 



£7.54 14 6 



Hector Memorial Fund. — Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for Year 



ending 31st December, 1915. 



Receipts. 

 Balance brought forward 

 Public Trust Office, interest, 

 31st December, 1914, to 

 31st December. 1915. at 4J 

 per cent. 



£ s. d. 

 1,084 8 6 



47 



£1,131 11 



Expenditure. 



New Zealand Institute Ac- 

 count : Elsdon Best, Hector 

 Prize for 1914 



Public Trust Office, postages 



Balance . . 



d. 



45 



1 



1,086 10 



£1,131 11 



A financial discussion followed, in which the propriety of asking for 

 a contribution from each incorporated society was considered. On the 

 motion of Dr. J. Allan Thomson, seconded by Dr. L. Cockayne, it was 

 resolved. That for every copy of the Transactions receivecl by incor- 

 porated societies a contribution of 2s. 6d. towards the cost of printing 

 shall be made during the current year by such society. 



Kutton Memorial Grants for Research. — A report from Mr. W. R. B. 

 Oliver on the results of his research for the past year was received. 



On the motion of Mr. G. M. Thomson, seconded by Professor P. 

 Marshall, it was resolved. That the sum of £25 be voted to the Portobello 

 Marine Fish-hatchery for the purpose of prosecuting research on the 

 distribution of native marine food fishes. 



Standing Committee's Report. 

 the Standing Committee's report. - 



-The President moved the adoption of 

 -Carried. 



