560 Proceedings. 



New Zealand Institute. Investigations are now being arranged on the phosphate rocks 

 of Canterbury, the deterioration of apples in cold storage, and the electrical pre- 

 vention of frosting in orchards. 



The Institute's representative on the Board of Trustees of the Riccarton Bush 

 reports that during the year the bush has been carefully attended to, introduced plants 

 removed, and the paths further improved. A cottage for the ranger has been erected 

 at the entrance to the bush by means of funds contributed by the City Council, the 

 Waimairi County Council, and a vote from the Government, and the ranger is now 

 living in the cottage. It is hoped that the ceremony of opening the bush will take 

 place in December, and that His Excellency the Governor will be present. 



The library has been maintained in an efficient condition during the past year. 

 The scientific pamphlets which have accumulated during many years have been 

 arranged in cases according to subject, and a card catalogue has been made for the use 

 of members. It is desirable that this branch of the library should be developed, and 

 members are invited to present to the library papers and pamphlets of scientific interest 

 in their possession. 



The balance-sheet shows that the receipts, including a balance of £114 9s. Sd. from 

 the previous year, have been £274 12s. lOd. The expenditure has been £101 5s. 2d., 

 leaving a credit balance of £169 7s. 8d., of which £147 7s. 3d. belongs to the Tunnel 

 Investigation Account. In accordance with the new regulation, £22 7s. 6d. is due to 

 the New Zealand Institute, being the 2s. 6d. levy for vol. 48 of the Transactions. Of 

 the expenditure, £61 0s. 8d. has been spent on periodicals, books, binding, and other 

 work connected with the library. The Life Members 1 Subscription Account shows a 

 balance of £131 4s. lOd. deposited with the Permanent Investment and Loan Association. 



Election of Officers for 1917. — President — Mr. L. Birks ; Vice-Presidents 

 — Mr. P. H. Powell and Dr. F. J. Botrie ; Secretary — Mr. L. P. Symes ; 

 Treasurer — Dr. Charles Chilton ; Librarian — Mr. E. G. Hogg ; Council — 

 Dr. C. Coleridge Farr, Mr. A. D. Dobson, Dr. F. W. Hilgendorf, Mr. H. T. 

 Ferrar, and Mr. W. G. Aldridge ; Auditor— Mr. G. E. Way. 



Papers. — 1. " Some Structural Features of North-east Canterbury, to- 

 gether with Lists of Fossils from the Greta Beds," by Rev. A. Purchas. 



2. "An Ancient Buried Forest near Riccarton : its Bearing on the 

 Mode of Formation of the Canterbury Plains," by Mr. R. Speight. m 



3. "An Unrecorded Tertiary Outlier in the Basin of the Rakaia," by 

 Mr. R. Speight. 



4. " The Stratigraphical Relationship of the Tertiary Beds of the Tre- 

 lissick or Castle Hill Basin," by Mr. R. Speight. 



5. " The Blepharoceridae (Diptera) of New Zealand," by Mr. David 

 Miller (communicated by Dr. Charles Chilton). 



6. " Notes on the Occurrence and Habits of the Fresh-water Crustacean 

 Lepidurus viridis," by Miss E. M. Herriott, M.A. (communicated by Dr. 

 Charles Chilton). 



7. " A Study of the Electrical Deposition of Nickel in the Presence of 

 Nitrate," by Mr. J. G. Anderson (communicated by Mr. L. J. Wild). 



8. " On the Proposed Soil Survey of New Zealand," by Mr. L. J. Wild. 



9. " On the Lime Requirements of Soils," by Messrs. L. J. Wild and 

 J. G. Anderson. 



10. " Contributions to the Soil Survey of New Zealand : No. 2— South- 

 land," by Mr. L. J. Wild. 



11 " Further Observations on the Resistances of Earth Connections," 

 by Mr. L. Birks. 



12. " Notes on the Effects of the 1916 Snowstorm on the Vegetation 

 of Stewart Island," by Mr. Walter Traill (communicated by Dr. Charles 

 Chiltdn). 



13. " Studies in the New Zealand Species of the Genus Lycopodium : 

 Part II— Methods of Vegetative Propagation," by the Rev. J. E. Holloway. 



