642 Proceedings. 



Special Meeting : 4th November, 1914. 



Present : Dr. Charles Chilton, Vice-President, in the chair, and about thirty 



members. 



Address.— "The Wild Flowers of New Zealand," by Mr. J. Crosby 

 Smith. 



Special Meeting : 25th November, 1914. 



Present : Dr. Evans, President, in the chair, and a large number of members 



and friends. 



Address. — " The Electrical and Mechanical Characteristics of the Lake 

 Coleridge Transmission- wire," by Mr. E. Parry. 



Annual Meeting : 2nd December, 1914. 

 Present : Dr. Evans, President, in the chair, and about twenty-five members. 

 Neio Members.' — C. E. Christensen and W. G. Morrison. 

 Annual Report. — The annual report and balance-sheet were adopted. 



Abstract. 



The Council, in endorsing the suggestion, made by the Wellington Philosophical 

 Society, that a memorial to the late Mr. A. Hamilton, Director of the Dominion Museum, 

 should be erected, made a grant of £5 5s. to the fund. 



Consideration has been given to a proposal to send a party to the Chatham Islands 

 to investigate the natural science of the islands, and ultimately to publish the results 

 of the investigations, but owing to the war the matter has been held in abeyance for 

 the present. 



The Council has taken action to support the endeavours of the Manawatu Philo- 

 sophical Society to extend the boundaries of the Tongariro National Park to at least 

 those suggested by Dr. L. Cockayne in his report to the Government on the subject. 



The Council actively supported the appeal of Sir Douglas Mawson to the New Zealand 

 Government for the sum of £500 to enable him to publish the physical results of the 

 expedition. 



Meetings of the Institute. — In addition to the meetings held in connection with the 

 visit of the British Association members, nine meetings of the Institute have been held 

 during the year, at which the following addresses were delivered : " Animal-life in 

 Tnderground Waters," ex-presidential address by Dr. Charles Chilton ; "The Origin of 

 the Coral Reefs of Fiji," by Professor W. M. Davis, Harvard University ; " Maps," 

 by Mr. W. F. Eobinson ; " Problem Plays of Ancient Athens," by Professor H. Stewart ; 

 "Wild Flowers of New Zealand," by Mr. J. Crosby Smith; "The Electrical and 

 Abchanical Characteristics of the Lake Coleridge Transmission-wire," by Mr. E. Parry. 



In addition to these, twenty-six papers have been read, which may be classified 

 as follow: Botany, 5; chemistry, 3; geology, 3; mathematics, 1; zoology, 12; 

 miscellaneous, 2. 



Visit of Members of the British Association. — In consequence of the war, the pro- 

 posed Christchurch meetings of the New Zealand Science Congress, which were being 

 organized by a special local committee, were abandoned by the central comrrittee, and 

 the Council of this Institute undertook the entertainment of visiting members, and the 

 arrangement of various public meetings, at which a number of the British and American 

 visitors gave addresses as follow : " Heredity and Eugenics," by Dr. C. Davenport ; 

 " Agricultural Education," by Professor C. G. Creelman ; "Irrigation and Agricultural 

 Practice in Egypt," by Mr. H. T. Ferrar ; " Explosions," by Professor H. B. Dixon ; 

 li The Evolution of Elements," by Sir Ernest Rutherford. 



