Thirteenth Annual Meeting. 52y 



Professor Easterfield moved, Mr. Ewen seconded, and it was resolved. 

 That a statement be printed on the back of the forthcoming volume of 

 the Transactions intimating that certain volumes of the Transactions are 

 available to members at 2s. each, inclusive of postage. 



On the motion of Dr. J. Allan Thomson it was resolved, That the 

 Standing Committee be authorized to increase the exchange list. 



On the motion of Mr. J. W. Poynton, seconded by Dr. Cockayne, 

 it was resolved. That the storage of the excess volumes of Transactions 

 be dealt with by the Standing Committee as they find necessary. 



On the motion of Mr. G. M. Thomson, seconded l)y Di-. Cockayne, 

 it was resolved. That the Minister of Internal Affairs be asked to obtain, 

 if possible, a grant to enable tlie Board of Governors of the Institute 

 to distribute spare volumes of Transactions to public libraries, secondary 

 and technical schools of the Dominion, branches of the Teachers' Insti- 

 tute, &c. j also to suitably bind and forward the set of Transactions voted 

 by the Institute to the University of Louvain. 



Corrtspundence. — Letters were read and received fi-om the Under- 

 Secretary of the Internal Affairs Department relating to the Nobel Peace 

 Prize (li/1/16). Kidnappers Reserve (21/9/15), Science and Art Board 

 (12/3/15); from the Secretary of the Marine Department (24/3/15) re 

 Catalogue of Fishes; from Dr. J. Allan Thomson regarding a paper 

 by Ml-. S. S. Buckman ; and from the Wellington Philosophical Society 

 regarding the date for sending in papers for publication (7/10/15). It 

 was decided to refer Dr. Thomson's application to tlie Publication Com- 

 mittee, and to take no action in regard to the Wellington Philosophical 

 Society's application. 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. — It was decided to 

 refer the matter of compiling the annual catalogue for the New Zealand 

 Regional Bureau to the Standing Committee to take such action as they 

 deem suitable. 



Election of Officer.-!. — On the motion of the President, Professor Benham 

 Avas unanimously elected President of the New Zealand Institute for the 

 enstiing year. The following officers were also elected : Hon. Treasurer — 

 Mr. C. A. Ewen; Hon. Editor — Di-. L. Cockayne; Joint Hon. Editor — 

 Dr. C. A. Cotton (subject to his acceptance); Hon. Librarian — Dr. 

 J. Allan Thomson; Hon. Secretary — Mr. B. C. Aston; Publication Goni- 

 niittee — The Hon. Editors, Professors Easterfield and Kirk, Dr. J. Allan 

 Thomson, and Mr. Aston; Library Committee — Dr. Cotton, Dr. 

 Cockayne, and the Hon. Librarian were re-elected; Hector Award 

 Committee for 1917 (subject Zoology)^ — Professors Haswell, of Sydney, 

 and Baldwin Spencer, of Melbourne. 



T ravelling-expenses. — Mr. C. A. Ewen moved, and Professoi' Easter- 

 field seconded. That the travelling-expenses of this meeting be reimbursed 

 bv the Institute. — Carried. 



Election of Honorary Mernher. — Professor Jean Massart, of the 

 University of Bi-ussels, was elected. 



Date and Place of next Annual Meeting. — On the motion of Pro- 

 fessor Segar, seconded by Professor P. Marshall, Tuesday, 30th January, 

 1917, at Wellington, were fixed as the date and place of the next annual 

 meeting. 



