Annual Meeting. 



1909. 

 Jan. 26. Goverrment Printer 



W. A. McKay, services 

 T. King, Secretary 

 C. Freyberg, services 

 Balance 



Balance in bank . . 

 Petty cash balance 



Plus credit not ir bank-book 



Less unpresented cheques . . 

 Balance . . 



£ s. d. 

 820 6 2 

 1 



s. d. 



820 7 2 

 16 9 



£821 3 11 

 428 13 



£392 10 11 



£ s. d. 



388 13 



5 



25 



10 



392 10 11 



£906 15 11 



Carter Bequest. 



Balance, 1st February, 1908 



Interest accrued to 31st December, 1908 



Scrip, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, 1st Februarj', 



1908 .. 

 Scrip, ditto 



Invested by Public Trustee, 31st December, 1908 

 Scrip in hands of Public Trustee 



ilARTiN Chapman. Treasurer. 

 Examined and found correct. — J. K. Warburton, Controller and x\uditor-General. 



Mr. Thomson moved, and Mr. Hamilton seconded, " That the President's 

 report be received." Carried. 



Mr. Chapman moved, and Mr. Hamilton seconded, " That the state- 

 ment of receipts and expenditure be adopted." Carried. 



The Public Trustee's certificate as to the state of the Carter Fund was 

 read. 



The report of the Editor and Publications Committee was read as 

 follows : — 



I have to report that the Publications Committee met on the 31st January. 1908, and 

 considered the jiapers which had been handed over to them by Mr. Hamilton, late Editor. 



Forty-two papers were passed for printing in Vol. XL, and these were at once for- 

 warded to the Government Printer, while seven were included in the Proceedings of the 

 societies which forwarded them. Seven were sent to experts to be reported on as to 

 their suitability for publication, and seven were held over. Of the papers sent to 

 experts, six were reported on favourably and sent to the Government Printer, while 

 one was considered unsuitable. 



In this connection I would point out that the work of the Editor would be simplified 

 if the Council and Secretaries of the affiliated societies would only forward such papers 

 as are considered to be real contributions to scientific knowledge. All papers which 

 are only resumes or digests of already published work should not be sent forward, and the 

 onus of withholding tl em should rest on the society with which they originate, and should 

 ru)t be placed on the Editor. 



The committee received from the Government Printer on the 10th February a 

 number of suggestions and recommendations, including memoranda from the Super- 



