580 Appendix. 



List of Grantees, 1916. 



Mr. L. P. Symes, Christchurch (through the Philosophical Institute of 

 Canterbury), £50 for investigating the causes of the deterioration and 

 decay of apples and other fruits in cold storage. (Granted 9th Novem- 

 ber, 1916.) 



Mr. L. Birks, Christchurch (through the Philosophical Institute of Canter- 

 bury), £10 for experiments in the electrical prevention of frosts in 

 orchards. (Granted 9th November, 1916.) 



Messrs. Speight and Wild, Christchurch (through the Philosophical Institute 

 of Canterbury), £50 towards the expenses incurred in an investigation 

 of the phosphate-yielding rocks of Canterbury. (Granted 9th Novem- 

 ber, 1916.) 



Mr. H. Hill, Napier (through the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Society), £20 

 for aid in making an inquiry into the artesian-water supply of the Taupo 

 Plain. (Granted 13th January, 1917.) 



Professor Kirk, Wellington (through the Wellington Philosophical Society), 

 £25 towards the out-of-pocket expenses for investigation of methods of 

 killing mosquitoes and larvae. (Granted 13th January, 1917.) 



Messrs. La Trobe and Adams, Wellington (through the Wellington Philo- 

 sophical Society), £50 towards the out-of-pocket expenses in connection 

 with the construction of a tide-predicting machine. (Granted 13th 

 January, 1917.) 



Professor Jack, Dunedin (through the Otago Institute), £25 for expenses in 

 connection with the investigation of the electric charge on rain and its 

 connection with the meteorological conditions. (Granted 13th January, 

 1917.) 



Mr. D. Petrie, Auckland (through the Auckland Institute), £20 for aid in 

 carrying out an exploration of the grass flora of southern Nelson and 

 south-western Marlborough. (Granted 30th January, 1917.) 



THE CARTER BEQUEST. 



For extracts from the will of Charles Rooking Carter see vol. 48, 1916, 

 pp. 565-66. 



