PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



1911. 



PART III. 



NINTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



Christchurch, 25th January, 1912. 



The annual meeting of the Board of Governors was held at Canterbury 

 College, Christchurch, on Thursday, 25th January, 1912, at 10 a.m. 



Present : Mr. T. F. Cheeseman, President (in the chair), Messrs. M. 

 Chapman, K.C., Dr. Cockayne, C. A. Ewen, A. Hamilton, H. Hill, 

 H. Hesse, Dr. Hilgendorf, Professor Kirk, Professor Marshall, Dr. 

 Petrie, R. Speight, J. Stewart, G. M. Thomson, M.P., and K. Wilson. 



Dr. Cockayne welcomed the Governors to Christchurch, and the 

 President replied. 



The Secretary announced the changes in the representation on the 

 Board, and the incorporation of the Wanganui Philosophical Society, 

 and called the roll. 



Wanganui Philosophical Society. — The President moved, That the 

 action of the Standing Committee in incorporating the Wanganui 

 Philosophical Society be confirmed ; that the Board of Governors offers 

 its sincere congratulations to the new Society, and tenders' its best 

 Avishes for its future success. The motion was seconded by Mr. Hamilton, 

 and carried. 



Apologies. — The President apologized for the absence of the Hon. the 

 Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr. Buddo), and for Mr. John Young. 



Presidential Address. — The President then delivered his annual ad- 

 dress (see page 75). He moved a resolution of condolence to the late 

 Sir Joseph Hooker's family, which was seconded by Dr. Cockayne, and 

 carried, as follows : — 



The Board of C4overnors of the New Zealand Institute is desirous of recording, 

 at the earliest opportunity, its sincere and profound regret at the death of Sir Joseph 

 Dalton Hooker, for many years one of the leaders of botanical science, the co-worker 

 of Darwin, of Lyall, and of Bentham ; and renowned as an explorer, an author, and 

 an administrator. 



