534 Proceedings. 



Report of the Standing Committee. 



Ten meetings of the Standing Committee have been held during the past year, the 

 attendance being as follows : Mr. Petrie, 1 ; Mr. G. M. Thomson, 2 ; Professor Kirk, 7 ; 

 Professor Easterfield, 6 ; Dr. Cockayne, 10 ; Professor Marshall, I ; Professor Segar, 2 : 

 Dr. Allan Thomson, 9 ; Mr. C. A. Ewen, 6 ; Mr. B. C. Aston, 10 ; Professor Benham, 1 ; 

 Professor Chilton, 1. 



Hector Memorial Fund Award to Sir E. Rutherford. — A medal has been suitably 

 inscribed and sent to the High Commissioner in London, through the Department of 

 Internal Affairs, for presentation to Sir E. Rutherford, but details of the presentation 

 have not yet been received. 



Hutton Memorial Fund. — Grants for research work were made at the last annual 

 meeting of the Board to the Portobello Fish-hatchery (£25), which was duly paid, and 

 to Major Broun (£50), towards the cost of publishing his scientific papers by the 

 Institute. ^Reports on the progress of the investigations supported by these grants 

 have been received, and a further report on a grant to Mr. W. R. B. Oliver made in 

 1915 has been also received.) 



Huiton Award Committee for 1917. — Professor David, of Sydney, having enlisted, 

 this Committee has appointed Mr. W. H. Twelvetrees, Government Geologist, Launces- 

 ton, Tasmania, to the vacancy. 



Publications. — The first six copies of volume 48 of the Transactions of the New 

 Zealand Institute, of which 1,750 were ordered by the Committee, were received from 

 the Government Printer on the 6th November, the delivery of the issue being com- 

 pleted on the 28th November. As Parliament was not sitting when the volume was 

 published, the presentation to Parliament has been delayed until next session. Owing 

 to the necessity of keeping the expenses of the Institute within the income, it was 

 decided that the Government Printer should this year distribute the volumes in bulk 

 to the secretaries of the incorporated societies, on whom will devolve the duty of dis- 

 tributing them. As the date of publication of volume 48 (16th October, 1916) conflicts 

 with a decision of the Institute, some action must be taken to put the matter in order. 

 (Minute-book, 1910 annual meeting, p. 186 : " That 1st June of each year be the date 

 of publication of Transactions of New Zealand Institute. — Dr. Cockayne and Professor 

 Easterfield.") 



It has been decided by the Committee that wherever possible the" small pamphlets 

 of the Institute should be sold by booksellers, and that applications from the public 

 be referred to booksellers. 



Stock of Transactions. — In response to this Committee's circular to public and 

 secondary school libraries in New Zealand, 135 replied accepting the Institute's offer. 

 The Government Printer, acting on the instructions of the Minister of Internal Affairs, 

 the Hon. Mr. Russell, accordingly despatched, free of charge to the Institute or to the 

 libraries, a partial set of the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, consisting of 

 volumes 19 to 36, to each of the libraries mentioned below : — 



Akaroa Coronation Library. Gordon Settlement Public Library. 



Anderson's Bay Public Library. Gore High School. 



Ashley Public Library. Greytown Public Library. 



Apiti Circulating Library. Hawera Technical School. 



Ashburton High School. Hawera Public Library. 



Brightwater Public Library. Hawke's Bay Education Board. 



Bombay Public Library. Hamilton High School. 



Bunnythorpe Public Library. Hamilton Public Library. 



Barr Hill (Rakaia) Public Library. Herbertville Public Library. 



Brydone Athenaeum Public Library. Hanmer Springs Sanatorium. 



Clyde Athenaeum Public Library. Helensville Public Library. 



Collingwood Public Library. Heddon Bush Public Library. 



Cromwell Public Library. Hector Observatory. 



Cave Public Library. Inglewood Public Library. 



Clinton Pubbc Library. Invercargill Athenaeum. 



Cust Public Library. Kawakawa Public Library. 

 Canterbury Public Library (Christchurch). Kaiapoi Public Library. 



Clifton Terrace Public Library. Knapville (Gore) Public Library. 



Christchurch Boys' High School. Lincoln Public Library. 



Dannevirke Borough Public Library. Loburn Public Library. 



Dunrobin Public Library. Levin Public Library. 



Ealing Public Library. Linwood Public Library. 



East Takaka Public Library. Lyttelton Public Library. 



Eskdale Public Library. Makino Public Library. 



Fairlie Public Library. Marlborough High School. 



Geraldine Public Library. Makara Public Library. 



