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Officers of the Congress. 



President of the New Zealand Institute. 

 Professor T. H. Easterfield, M.A., Ph.D., F.N.Z.Inst., Cawthron Institute, Nelson. 



Hon. General Secretary. 

 Mr. C. T. Salmon, P.O. Box 293, Palmerston North. 



Local Executive Committee. 



Chairman, Mr. M. A. Eliott ; Vice-Chairman, Mr. J. Murray; Hon. Treasurer, Mr. J. R. 

 Hardie : and the Mayor (Mr. J. A. Nash, M.P.), Dr. H. D. Bett, Messrs. W. F. Dur- 

 ward, E. H. Crabh, A. Whitaker, H. Seifert, J. B. Gerrand, W. Park, C. N. Clausen, 

 E. Larcomb, C. A. Hertzell. R. Edwards, R. F. G. Grace, A. J. Colquhoun, 

 J. J. Stevenson. 



General Executive Committee. 



Professors T. H. Easterfield and C. Chilton, Drs. L. Cockayne and J. Allan Thomson, 

 Hon. G. M. Thomson, and Mr. M. A. Eliott, representing the Board of Governors ; 

 Sir James Wilson, Professor J. Park, Messrs. E. Miller, and L. Birks. as Chairmen 

 of" sections ; and Dr. D. H. Bett and Messrs. J. Murray and C. T. Salmon, representing 

 the local executive. Hon. Secretary, Dr. J. Allan Thomson. 



Officers of the Sections. 



Agriculture. — President, Sir James Wilson, Bulls ; Secretary, Mr. J. J. Stevenson, 



44 Grey Street, Palmerston North. 

 Biology. — President, Dr. C. Chilton, M.A., F.N.Z.Inst., F.L.S., Biological Laboratory, 



Canterbury College, Christchurch : Secretary, Mi". W. R. B. Oliver, Dominion 



Museum, Wellington. 

 General Section. — President, Mr. E. V. Miller, 71 Upland Road, Remuera, Auckland ; 



Secretary, Mr. E. K. Lomas, Training College, Wellington. 

 Physics, Chemistry, and Engineering. — President, Mr. Laurence Birks, B.Sc, M.Inst.C.E., 



M.I.E.E., M.I.M.E., Public Works Department, Wellington ; Secretary, Mr. J. A. 



Colquhoun, M.Sc, 18 Bryant Street, Palmerston North. 

 Geology. — President, Professor J. Park, F.G.S., University of Otago ; Secretary, 



Dr. J. Allan Thomson, M.A., F.G.S., F.N.Z.Inst., Dominion Museum, Wellington. 



Opening Meeting. 



The opening meeting of the Congress was held in the Town Hall on 

 Tuesday night, 25th January, and was well attended not only by members 

 of the Congress, but also by residents. Mr. J. A. Nash, M.P., Mayor of 

 Palmerston North, welcomed the visitors in the name of the Borough 

 Council, and outlined the progressive policy they had pursued in regard 

 to municipal enterprises, and especially in the matter of reserves. He 

 hoped that when the next Congress was held there, which he trusted would 

 be only a few years hence, further great improvements now in train 

 would be visible. 



The Hon. G. J. Anderson (Minister of Internal Affairs), in declaring 

 the Congress open, stated that during the last year he had given a good 

 deal of attention to three matters dear to the heart of the Institute. He 

 mentioned as desirable the acceptance of the gift of telescopes offered by 

 the Yale University. Inquiries had shown, however, that, instead of cost- 

 ing only £7,000 for installation, the preliminary cost would be £16,000, 

 and in the present serious condition of the world's money-market and the 

 country's finances, desirable as it was, he could not recommend so large 

 an expenditure to Cabinet. Otago, with its proverbial patriotism, had 

 offered to raise by subscription the sum of £7,000, and he regretted to 

 damp their enthusiasm by telling them how much more would be necessary. 

 As very desirable the Minister characterized the proposal to found in the 



