Otago Institute. 605 



Annual Meeting. 

 The annual meeting was then held. 



The annual report stated, inter alia, that during the session ten new 

 members were elected and. ten had resigned, the total membership stand- 

 ing at 102. 



A very handsome gift was made to the Institute by Dr. Fulton of a 

 fine collection of New Zealand birds' eggs, which were gratefully accepted 

 and handed over to the Otago University Museum. 



The Council, on the strength of information received from various 

 members, drew the attention of the Government to matters of pressing 

 importance in connection with the preservation of our fauna and flora, 

 and had assurances from the Government that the recommendations will 

 be favourably considered. It is hoped that prompt action will be taken. 



Referring to the lecture by Professor Easterfield, delivered in the 

 chemistry room at the University, the report states that it is matter for 

 regret that the attendance of members was small, and it is certainly neither 

 encouraging to the lecturer nor to the Council in securing talent from 

 beyond our own borders. 



The Chairman moved the adoption of the report. 



He said that it was an interesting fact that several of the papers 

 contributed were written by students of Otago University. He hoped that 

 their example would be followed. He referred also to the fact that the 

 membership of the Institute never seemed to get much beyond about a 

 hundred. The balance-sheet showed a revenue of £170. When they 

 commenced the year they had a balance of £25 10s. 2d., and at the end of 

 the year the balance was £52 5s. 5d. According to their rules they were 

 supposed to spend at least a third of their revenue on Literature. This 

 year they had spent over half. 



The report and balance-sheet were formally adopted. 



Election op Officers for 1906. — President — Dr. P. Mar- 

 shall ; Vice-Presidents — Mr. J. C. Thomson and Dr. Fulton ; 

 Hon. Secretary — Professor Benham ; Hon. Treasurer — Mr. W. 

 Fels ; Council— Mr. A. Bathgate, Dr. Hocken, Mr. G. M. Thom- 

 son, Mr. E. Collier, Professor Malcolm, Professor Park, and Mr. 

 D. B. Waters. 



It was recommended that Dr. Benham and Mr. G. M. Thom- 

 son should be elected in December Governors of the New Zea- 

 land Institute. 



Dr. Marshall having returned thanks for his election, the 

 meeting terminated. 



