PEOCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE 



1908. 



ADJOUENED SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



The adjourned meeting was held in the Dominion Museum, Wellington, 

 on Thursday, 4th February, 1909, at 10.30 a.m. 



Present : Mr. G. M. Thomson, President (in the chair) ; Mr. A. Hamilton, 

 Mr. M. Chapman, Professor Easterfield, Mr. T. H. Gill, Mr. J. W. Jovnt, 

 Mr. W. Wilson, Mr. H. Hill, Mr. E. Tregear, Mr. John Young, Dr. L. Cockayne, 

 Professor W. B. Benham, Mr. R. Speight, and the Secretary (Mr. Thomas 

 King). 



A letter, dated 29th December, 1908, was received from the Department 

 of Internal Affairs, notifying the appointment (published in the l^ew Zea- 

 land Gazette of the 23rd December) of Messrs. J. W. Joynt and E. Tregear 

 as members of the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute vmder 

 " The New Zealand Institute Act, 1908." 



The President welcomed Mr. Speight on taking his seat on the Board 

 for the first time. 



An apology from Mr. James Stewart for non-attendance was read. 



The minutes of the last annual meeting were confirmed ; the minutes of 

 the Standing Committee meetings held on the 12th November, the 24th July, 

 the 4th December, 1908, and the 25th January, 1909, were read ; and the 

 minutes of the annual meeting of the 28th January last were read and con- 

 firmed. 



The Secretary explained the circumstances connected with the telegraphic 

 advices of the postponement of the annual meeting. The explanation was 

 considered satisfactory. 



The annual report and annual statement of receipts and expenditure 

 were then read. The report and statement were as follows : — 



The fifth annual meeting of the Board of Governors under " The New Zealand 

 Institute Act, 1903," was held in the Dominion Museum, Wellington, on the 30th January, 

 1908, and was attended by fourteen members. 



The President, Mr. G. M. Thomson. F.L.S., F.C.S., was in the chair. 



It was reported that Messrs. John Yoimg and Augustus Hp.milton, the two retiring 

 nominees of the Government, had been reappointed, and that the following representa- 



