Fourteenth Annual Meeting. 541 



Report of Library Committee. 



The usual large number of additions to the library by exchange or donation have 

 been received, registered, and arranged. In spite of the additional shelf-space gained 

 by placing in store old and little-used books during the last two years, the growth of 

 the library is so rapid that accommodation is again being taxed. The cmestion of 

 providing a suitable building for the library is one that demands the serious consider- 

 ation of the Board of Governors. 



The matter of enlarging the exchange list was referred by the Standing Committee 

 to the Library Committee, and a number of institutions with whom an exchange is 

 desirable have been selected, but owing to the pressure of other duties on the members 

 of the committee the necessary correspondence has not yet been carried out. 



Your committee has ascertained that copies of the bulletins of the Institute have 

 not been supplied to exchanging institutions, and is of the opinion that this procedure 

 greatly detracts from the value of the bulletins as a means of publication. 



J. Allan Thomson, 



Hon. Librarian. 



Housing the Library. — On the motion of Mr. H. Hill, seconded by Mr. 

 D. Petrie, it was resolved, That this Institute, representing the various 

 Philosophical Societies of the Dominion, urge upon the Government the 

 need of a suitable building in which to house the valuable library and 

 records of the Institute, the destruction of which would be an irreparable 

 loss to the country. 



Correspondence. — -Letters from the Wellington Philosophical Society 

 (dated 9th December, 1916, and 16th December, 1916) were read conveying 

 resolutions advocating the formation of a technical library, and an alteration 

 of New Zealand mean time. 



Library. — On the motion of Professor Kirk, seconded by Mr. Petrie, it 

 was resolved, That this Institute believes that one of the first and most 

 important steps in the direction of encouraging the application of science 

 to industry is the formation of a scientific and technological library in the 

 Dominion, and urges the Government to take immediate steps to provide 

 such a library. 



New Zealand Mean Time. — It was proposed by Dr. Thomson, and 

 seconded by Professor Easterfield, That the New Zealand Institute endorse 

 the resolution of the Wellington Philosophical Society regarding the altera- 

 tion of New Zealand mean time. An amendment proposed by Dr. Chilton, 

 That the Institute should proceed to the next business, was carried. 



Co-ordination of Science with Industry. — Keports from the Auckland 

 Institute (20th November, 1916), Otago Institute (22nd November, 1916), 

 Wellington Philosophical Society (9th December, 1916), and the Philosophical 

 Institute of Canterbury (20th December, 1916) were received, copies having 

 already been circulated amongst members. 



On the motion of Professor Chilton, seconded by Dr. Cookayne, it was 

 resolved, That the New Zealand Institute, as the body which for fifty years 

 has persistently encouraged the carrying-out of scientific researches, offer 

 to the Government its services in the interests of national efficiency ; and 

 that a deputation be appointed to wait upon the Acting-Premier to present 

 to him a report as to the relations of science and industry, and to urge the 

 necessity of definite action. 



It was resolved that a committee, consisting of the President, Professor 

 Easterfield, Dr. Cockayne, Mr. G. M. Thomson, Mr. Petrie, and Sir James G. 

 Wilson, be set up to arrange for the deputation to the Acting-Premier and 

 to draw up a report on the co-ordination of science with industry. 



