New Zealand Institute. 447 



Carter Bequest. 



Balance, Ist February, 1908 . . . . . . . . . . 2,617 11 10 



Interest accrued to 31st December, 1908 .. .. .. .. 118 4 7 



Scrip, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Comimnv. 1st February. 



1908 . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . .\ 17 



Scrip, ditto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5 5 



£2,768 1 10 



Invested by Public Trustee, 31st December, 1908 

 Scrip in hands of Public Trustee 



Martin Chapman. Treasurer. 

 Examined and found correct. — J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General. 



Mr. Thomson moved, and Mr. Hamilton seconded, " That the President's 

 report be received." Carried. 



Mr. Chapman moved, and Mr. Hamilton seconded, " That the state- 

 ment of receipts and expenditure be adopted." Carried. 



The Public Trustee's certificate as to the state of the Carter Fund was 

 read. 



The report of the Editor and Publications Committee was read as 

 follows : — 



I have to report that the Publications Committee met on the 31st January, 1908, and 

 ■considered the papers which had been handed over to them by Mr. Hamilton, late Editor. 



Forty-two papers were passed for printing in Vol. XL, and these were at once for- 

 warded to tlie Government Printer, while seven were included in the Proceedings of the 

 societies which forwarded them. Seven were sent to experts to be reported on as to 

 their suitability for publication, and seven were held over. Of the papers sent to 

 experts, six were reported on favourably and sent to the Government Printer, while 

 one was considered unsuitable. 



In this connection I would point out that the work of the Editor would be simplified 

 if the Council and Secretaries of the affiliated societies would only forward such papers 

 as are considered to be real contributions to scientific knowledge. All papers which 

 are only resumes or digests of already published work should not be sent forward, and the 

 onus of withholding tbem should rest on the society with which they originate, and should 

 not be placed on the Editor. 



The committee received from the Government Printer on the 10th February a 

 number of suggestions and recommendations, including memoranda from the Super- 

 visor and the Chief Draughtsman. The chief of these were embodied in a memorandum 

 for authors of papers sent out by me to the Secretaries of the affiliated societies. It is 

 hoped that attention will be paid to the details therein specified, as both time and money 

 will be saved thereby. 



In accordance with the resolution of the last annual meeting, that the 41st volume 

 be the first of a new series, the Publications Committee has gone carefully into the matter, 

 and has come to the conclusions — (1) That the new series should be issued in royal 8vo. 

 size ; and (2) that both Transactions and Proceedings should be of the same size. In 

 the case of any large monographs which it is considered desirable to issue separately, 

 it is recommended that they be printed of the same size as the " Bulletin of the Geo- 

 logical Survey.'- ^^^^ jj Thomson, Editor. 



~^ Mr. Thomson moved, and Mr. Chapman seconded, " That the report of 

 the Editor and Publications Committee be received." Carried. 



Professor Benham moved, and Mr. Speight seconded, " That in future 

 the volumes of the Transactions be published Ln royal 8vo. size." Carried. 



