490 Proceedings. 



Hutton Award. — The award for 1919 was made to Rev. Dr. J. Holloway ; and 

 at a meeting of the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury held on the 2nd June, 1920, 

 Dr. Chilton, in the absence of Professor Easterfield, President, presented to Dr. 

 Holloway the Hutton Memorial Medal, and stated that the award was made in recog- 

 nition of his researches in connection with New Zealand botany. Dr. Chilton said that 

 the recipient's work in this direction had made his name well known throughout New 

 Zealand, and his works were also read in England and elsewhere. 



Hector Award.— The award for 1920 was made to Mr. S. Percy Smith, F.R.G.S., 

 of New Plymouth, for research in Polynesian ethnology. On the 19th June, 1920, 

 there was a large and representative gathering of citizens in the New Plymouth 

 Carnegie Library, when the presentation of the Hector Medal was made by the Mayor 

 of New Plymouth, the late Mr. James Clarke, who, together with Mr. W. T. 

 Jennings, M.P., and Mr. W. H. Skinner, eulogistically referred to Mr. Smith's valuable 

 work in connection with Polynesian research. 



Transactions of the Neiv Zealand Institute, volume 52, was issued to the societies 

 in bulk in September, 1920, and to the exchanges in October. Copies of volumes 51 

 and 52 were laid on the tables of the Legislative Council and the House of Repre- 

 sentatives on the 24th August, 1920. 



Publications. — The following have been placed on the mailing-list by the Standing 

 Committee, and will in future receive the Transactions as published : — 



Forestry Department, Wellington. 



Geological Survey Office, Dublin. 



The Library, Advisory Research Council, Ottawa. 



Consulate -General of the Czecho -Slovak Republic, Sydney. 



National Herbarium of Victoria. 



The Director, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, New York. 



University of Illinois. 



The Director, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires. 



The Director, Volcano Observatory, Hawaii Islands. 



Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, Jamaica Plains, U.S.A. 



Natal Museum, Africa. 



Director, Royal Gardens, Kew, England. 



Resolutions of the Standing Committee adopted during the year and not other- 

 wise mentioned in the report : — 



1. On the 27th May it was resolved to circularize all late enemy exchanges to 

 ascertain those which desired to continue receiving the publications of the Institute. 

 Several societies have since signified their desire to resume relations. 



2. On the 27th May it was resolved to leave the appointment of an assistant 

 secretary in the hands of the President, with power to act. In August, Miss M. Wood, 

 of Wellington, was appointed to this position. 



3. On the 27th May it was resolved to combine with the Board of Agriculture 

 and other interested bodies and Departments in forming a deputation to the Hon. 

 Minister with reference to the establishment of a technological library, to include the 

 books of the Institute under suitable safeguards so as to ensure that members should 

 have access to them. It has not yet been possible to take action in this matter. 



4. On the 27th May it was resolved to remind the Agricultural Department of the 

 necessity for some work on New Zealand grasses, and suggest that the Department, 

 with Mr. Petrie, again take up the matter, which had been interrupted by the war. 

 Tins was done, and the Committee was informed on the 1st October that it was 

 proposed to refer the matter to the Science and Art Board for action. 



5. On the 27th May it was resolved that the President should write inviting the 

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science to meet in Wellington in 

 1923, the organization of the meeting to be left with the Wellington Philosophical 

 Society. According to newspaper reports this invitation has been accepted. 



6. On the 24th June it was resolved to appoint Professor Charles Chilton and 

 Dr. J. Allan Thomson as delegates to the Pan-Pacific Science Congress, to be held in 

 Honolulu in August, 1920. 



7. On the ISth August it was resolved that it be a recommendation to the annual 

 meeting that in future the description of each nominee for the Fellowship of the New 

 Zealand Institute shall not exceed twenty lines of typewritten matter, and that the 

 best method of obtaining this- information be considered by the annual meeting. 



8. On the 4th October it was resolved to thank Major Wilson for his offer to 

 report on the wapiti of George Sound, and to accept same. 



