622 Proceedings. 



Hutton Fund Grants for Research. — Reports from Dr. Hilgendorf and 

 Mr. T. Hall on the progress of the work for which grants were made to 

 them last year were received. 



Grants for the Present Year. — Several applications for grants from the 

 fund, which had been received and referred to a special Committee, were 

 dealt with by that Committee, who recommended that £15 be granted 

 to Dr. C. A. Cotton as a contribution towards his travelling-expenses in 

 an investigation of the physiographic features of the New Zealand coast, 

 and £15 to Mr. W. R. B. Oliver, to defray expenses of travelling and ap- 

 paratus for a visit to Lord Howe Island, undertaken in November, 1913. 



Hector Award Committee.— The report of the Committee of Award was 

 received, recommending the award for 1915 be made to Professor P. Mar- 

 shall for his work on the geology of New Zealand. The recommendation 

 of the Committee was unanimously adopted, and the President congratu- 

 lated Dr. Marshall, who suitably replied. 



Publication Committee's Report. — The report of the Publication Com- 

 mittee was received and approved, as follows : — 



Report of the Publication Committee. 



The Publication Committee begs to submit the following report for the year : — 

 • Fifty-five papers were forwarded for the consideration of the Committee, and, of 

 these, fifty were published in the Transactions, vol. 46, which was issued on the 15th 

 June. It contains 436 pages, 12 plates, and a large number of illustrations in the 

 text. 



Bulletin No. 3, Part II, " Studies in the Bryology of New Zealand," by H. N. 

 Dixon, M.A., F.L.S., was issued on the 7th September, and contains 43 pages and 

 2 plates, the blocks for which were prepared in England by West, Newman, and Co., 

 under the superintendence of the author. 



The two papers on New Zealand Coleoptera by Major Broun mentioned in last 

 year's report were issued as Parts II and III of Bulletin No. 1 on the 29th May ; a 

 further paper on the same subject is now in the press, and will shortlv be issued as 

 Part IV of Bulletin No. 1. 



Sixty-eight papers have been sent in for vol. 47 of the Transactions, and a con- 

 siderable number of these are already in the hands of the printer. 



At the last annual meeting of the Board of Governors two questions were referred 

 to the Publication Committee — viz., the possibility of issuing the Transactions more 

 frequently than once a year, and the advisability of recommencing the separate issue 

 of the Proceedings — which will be dealt with in separate reports. 



For the Committee. 



Chas. Chilton, Hon. Editor. 



Publication of Proceedings. — The Publication Committee begs to report that it has 

 considered the question of reissuing the Proceedings separately, and considers the 

 Institute would not be justified in incurring the additional expense necessary during the 

 present crisis. 



Publication of Transactions. — The Committee appointed to consider the question 

 of publishing the Transactions oftener than once a year begs to report that, as the 

 change would probably lead to some additional expense, it recommends that no action 

 be taken this year. 



Major Broun's Work on Coleoptera. — The President read a letter from 

 Major Broun, and asked for instructions regarding a further paper. On 

 the motion of Professor Marshall, seconded by Mr. Petrie, it was resolved, 

 That the question of publishing Major Broun's paper on Coleoptera be re- 

 ferred to the Publication Committee to make all necessary inquiries and 

 to report to the Standing Committee before action is taken. 



