578 Neiv Zealand Institute. 



Vol. XXX, 693 ; Vol. XXXI, 704 ; Vol. XXXII, 527 ; Vol. 

 XXXIII, 620; Vol. XXXIV, 573; Vol. XXXV, 535; Vol. 

 XXXVI, 700. These are now stored in the Parliamentary 

 Buildings. 



f|j The volume for 1904, published June, 1905 (XXXVII), 

 contains sixty-two articles, also short summaries of the pro- 

 ceedings of the various scientific societies affiliated to the 

 Institute. The volume consists of 650 pages and fifty-five 

 plates. A comparison of the contents of Vol. XXXVII with 

 those of Vol. XXXVI is as follows : — 



The whole of the work was done at the Government Printing 

 Office. 



During the year the Institute in particular and science in 

 general sustained a great loss by the death of Captain Hutton, 

 F.R.S. At the time of his death, which occurred on the 

 ' Rimutaka " between London and Cape Town, Captain Hutton 

 was President of the Institute. He" was associated with the 

 work of the Institute from its inception, and his labours in the 

 cause of science are well known throughout the colony. The 

 Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, with which Society the 

 late Captain Hutton was more intimately connected, at a recent 

 meeting unanimously passed a series of resolutions requesting 

 the Institute to commemorate the services of our late President 

 by establishing a Hutton Memorial Research Fund. 



During the year the standing committee has paid a good 

 deal of attention to the Carter bequest. By the will of the 

 late Charles Rooking Carter certain moneys were vested in the 

 Governors of the New Zealand Institute. The words of the will 

 are, " and as to all the residue and remainder (if any) of the said 

 net proceeds of the sale and conversion and getting in of my 

 estate as aforesaid, my trustee shall transfer the same to the 

 Governors for the time being of the New Zealand Institute at 

 Wellington to form the nucleus of a fund for the erection in or 



