548 Proceedings. 



Sixth Meeting : dth October, 1915. 



Present : Mr. R. Gilkison, President, in the chair, and about forty 



members and friends. 



Hector Medal. — Mr. G. M, Thomson, a past President of the New 

 Zealand Institute, presented to Dr. P. Marshall, F.G.S., the Hector 

 Memorial Medal awarded to him by the New Zealand Institute for his 

 researches in New Zealand geology. 



Address. — "Work at the Marine Fish-hatchery," by Mr. G. M. 

 Thomson, F.L.S. 



Seventh Meeting : 7th December, 1916. 



Present: Dr. W. B. Benham, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the chair, and 



about fifteen members. 



New Members. — Messrs. J. M. Lowry, J. McNair. and J. E. Wingfield, 

 and Dr. J. T. Bowie. 



Papers. — 1. " Notes on the New Zealand Cuckoo," by Mr. W. W. 

 Smith; communicated by Mr. G. M. Thomson. 



2. "A List of the Lepidoptera of Otago," by Mr. A. Philpott; com- 

 municated by Dr. W. B. Benham, F.R.S. 



3. " The Younger Limestones of New Zealand," by Professor P. 

 Marshall, D.Sc, F.G.S. 



4. " Some New Fossil Gastropods," hv Professor P. Marshall, D.Sc, 

 F.G.S. 



5. " Relations between Cretaceous and Tertiary Rocks," bv Professor 

 P. Marshall, D.Sc, F.G.S. 



6. " Notes on a Botanical Visit to Bold Peak, Humboldt Mountains," 

 by Mr. D. L. Poppelwell. 



7. " The Occurrence of a Striated Erratic Block of Andesite in the 

 Rangitikei Valley," by Professor J. Park, F.G.S. 



Annual Meport. — The annual report and the balance-sheet for 1915 

 were read and adopted. 



Abstract. 



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During the year the Council has met six times for the transaction of the 

 business of the Institute. 



Early in the year the Council decided to vote from its accrued funds the sum 

 of iGlOO to the Portobello Marine Fish-hatchery Board, for the purpose of enabling 

 it to prosecute researches on the fauna of our New Zealand seas, provided that the 

 Government would supplement this grant with a pound-for-pound subsidy. The 

 Minister, on being approached, was in sympathy with the proposal, and the desired 

 grant was finally placed on the supplementary estimates. The Council has since 

 paid over its promised donation to the Hatchery Board. 



Meetingsj^ — During the year seven ordinary meetings of the Institute have been 

 held, at which there have been read or received eleven papers, embodying the 

 results of original research. 



The following addresses have also been delivered during the past session : 

 "The Rise and Fall of Nations" (presidential address), by Mr. R. Gilkison; 

 "Recent Climbs in the Southern Alps," by Mr. H. F. Wright; "Modern Problems 

 of Chemistry," by Professor J. K. H. Inglis; " Friedrich Nietzsche," by Professor 

 F. W. Dunlop; and "Work at the Marine Fish-hatchery," by Mr. G. M. 

 Thomson. 



