564 Proceedings. 



Balance-sheet. — The balance-sheet presented by the Treasurer (Mr. R. N. Vanes) 

 showed a credit of £50. . The gross receipts totalled £674,- including subscriptions 

 amounting to £143, deposits at call amounting to £455. 



Election of Officers. — The election of officers for the year 1917 resulted as 

 follows : President — Professor J. K. H. Inglis ; Vice-Presidents — Professors 

 R. Jack and J. Park ; Hon. Secretary — Mr. E. J. Parr ; Hon. Treasurer — 

 Mr. R. N. Vanes; Hon. Auditor -Mr. W. S. Wilson; Hon. Librarian — 

 Professor W. B. Benham ; Council — Professor W. B. Benham, Dr. R. V. 

 Fulton, Messrs. H. Brascli, R. Gilkison. W. G. Howes, J. B. Mason, and 

 Gr. M. Thomson. 



TECHNOLOGICAL BRANCH. 



Six meetings were held during 1916, and the following papers and 

 addresses were read : (16th May) " Evolution in Bridge-building," by Mr. 

 J. B. Mason ; (20th June) " The Cromwell Development Scheme," by Mr. 

 F. J. Williams ; (18th July) " The Architecture of the Renaissance," by 

 Mr. L. D. Coombs ; (15th August) " The Preservation of Structural Timber," 

 by Mr. C. S. Hicks, M.Sc. ; (19th September) " The Evolution of Modern 

 Dyestuffs," by Mr. 0. J. W. Napier, M.A. ; (17th October) " New Zealand 

 Timbers," by Mr. F. J. Jones, M.Inst.C.E., and " Some Increases in the 

 Cost of Building," by Mr. H. Mandeno. 



At the meeting on the 17th October the annual report was read and 

 adopted, and the following officers for 1917 were elected : Chairman — Mr. 

 J. B. Mason ; V ice-Chairmen — Professor J. Park, Professor D. B. Waters, 

 and Mr. B. B. Hooper ; Committee — Messrs. G. W. Davies, F. J. Jones, H. 

 Mandeno, G. Simpson, and R. N. Vanes ; Hon. Secretary — Mr. H. Brasch. 



ASTRONOMICAL BRANCH. 



Six meetings were held during 1916. at which the following papers were 

 read : (23rd May) " The Sun," by Mr. R. Gilkison ; (27th June) " Specula- 

 tions about the Moon," by Rev. P. W. Fairclough, F.R.A.S. ; (25th July) 

 " The Magnetism of the Earth and the Sun," by Professor R. Jack, D.Sc. ; 

 (22nd August) " The Movement of the Heavenly Bodies as a Measure of 

 Time," by Mr. J. C. Begg, and " Tinkering with the Clock," a paper sent 

 anonymously by a Wellington resident ; (26th September) " Atmospheric 

 Refraction, Part II," by Mr. W. T. Neill, and " Meteors," by Mr. J. W. 

 Milnes ; (24th October) -" A Visit to Greenwich Observatory," by Professor 

 D. R. White, M.A. 



At the meeting on the 26th October the annual report was read and 

 adopted, and the following officers for 1917 were elected : Chairman — Mr. 

 R. Gilkison ; Vice-Chairmen — Professors R. Jack, J. Park, and D. R. White ; 

 Hon. Secretary — Mr. J. W. Milnes ; Committee — Dr. P. D. Cameron, Messrs. 

 H. Brasch, C. Frye, W. T. Neill, and W. S. Wilson. 



