NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE 



ADJOURNED SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



The adjourned meeting was held in the Dominion Museum, Wellington, 

 on Thursday, 4th February, 1909, at 10.30 a.m. 



Present : Mr. G. M. Thomson, President (in the chair) ; Mr. A. Hamilton, 

 Mr. M. Chapman, Professor Easterfield, Mr. T. H. Gill, Mr. J. W. Joynt, 

 Mr. W. Wilson, Mr. H. Hill, Mr. E. Tregear, Mr. John Young, Dr. L. Cockayne, 

 Professor W. B. Benham, Mr. R. Speight, and the Secretary (Mr. Thomas 

 King). 



A letter, dated 29th December, 1908, was received from the Department 

 of Internal Afiairs, notifying the appointment (published in the New Zea- 

 land Gazette of the 23rd December) of Messrs. J. W. Joynt and E. Tregear 

 as members of the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute under 

 " The New Zealand Institute Act, 1908." 



The President welcomed Mr. Speight on taking his seat on the Board 

 for the first time. 



An apology from Mr. James Stewart for non-attendance was read. 



The minutes of the last annual meeting were confirmed ; the minutes of 

 the Standing Committee meetings held on the 12th November, the 24th July, 

 the 4th December, 1908, and the 25th January, 1909, were read ; and the 

 minutes of the annual meeting of the 28th January last were read and con- 

 firmed. 



The Secretary explained the circumstances connected with the telegraphic 

 advices of the postponement of the annual meeting. The explanation was 

 considered satisfactorv. 



The annual report and annual statement of receipts and expenditure 

 were- then read. The report and statement were as follows : — 



The fifth annual meeting of the Board of Governors under " The New Zealand 

 Institute Act, 1903," was held in the Dominion Museum, Wellington, on the 30th January, 

 1908, and was attended by fourteen members. 



The President, 'Mw G. M. Thomson. F.L.8., F.C.S., was in the chair. 



It was re^jorted that Messrs. Jolin Young and Augustus Hamilton, the two retiring 

 nominees of the Government, had been reappointed, and that the follomng representa- 

 tives had been elected by the societies affiUated to the Institute : Messrs. D. Petrie 

 and J. Stewart (Auckland Institute) ; Professor T. H. Easterfield and Mr. Martin Chap- 

 man, K.C. (Wellington Philosophical Society) ; Professor Charles Chilton and Dr. C. C. 

 Farr (Philosophical Institute of Canterbury) ; Professor W. B. Benham and Mr. G. M. 

 Thomson (Otago Institute) ; Mr. H. Hill (Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute) ; Dr. L. 

 Cockayne (Nelson Institute) ; Islx. T. H. Gill (Westland Institute) ; and Mr. Kenneth 

 Wilson (Manawatu Philosophical Society). 



The following officers were elected for 1909 : President, Mr. G. M. Thomson, 

 F.L.S., F.C.S. ; Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Martin Chapman, K.C. ; Secretary, Mr. Thomas 

 King ; Hon. Editor of Transactions, Mr. G. M. Thomson ; Hon. Librarian, Mr. 

 Augustus Hamilton ; Publications Committee, Professor C. Chilton, Professor W. B. 

 Benham, Dr. C. C. Farr, and the Hon. Editor. 



The honorary members elected v^ere Dr. L. Diels, of Berlin ; the Rev. T. R. R. Steb- 

 bing, F.R.S., of Tunbridge Wells ; and Mi'. E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S., of ^Marlborough 

 College, Wilts. There are now twenty-nine honorary members on the roU, and the 

 meeting will therefore be asked to elect one new member. 



