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Tiurru clul i''ui;;;ij in l*Jti7-UU, tluMi yuve a lecture 011 the *• Jiotanical 

 Features of the Juan Feniaiulez group ot" islands," and by the 

 help of 7t' lantern-slides from photographs taken by himself, 

 p;ave a graphic account of the iUiia of the two principal islands, 

 Masatierra and Masafuera, and of a visit to the islet Santa Clara. 

 The views gave a vivid presentation of the extraordinary forms 

 assumed by tiie water-worn rocks, now existing as ridges between 

 deep cations. 



The President commented on the extreme interest and value 

 of the observations made by Dr. and Mrs. Skotlsberg during 

 their six months' stay in the group. 



Dr. K. J. TiLi.Y viu), F.L.S., then delivered a short lecture on 

 the new Cawthron institute, of which lie has just been aj^poiuled 

 Chief of the J3iological Department, lie stated that the Institute 

 is to be situated in the city of iSelson, N.Z., where the founder, 

 Thomas Cawtuuox, lived for most of his life. The lecturer gave 

 an account of the early life and adventures of the founder, and 

 showed how he rose from a low estate to become a very wealtiiy 

 man. In bis later years he busied himself with philanthropic 

 enterprises, and on his death it was found that he had left the 

 greater portion of his fortune for the purpose of founding an 

 institute of scientiiic research. Alter all claims hail been paid, 

 the Cawthron Trust w as left with a capital of about i.'200,000 

 which, wisely invested, yields an income of about £11,000 a year. 

 Prof. T. II. Eastertield, of Wellington, a chemist of wide repute, 

 has been appointed Director and Chief of the Cheniiral Depart- 

 ment, with Mr. T. U. iiigg, late of Kothampsted, working under 

 him as Agricultural Chemist. In the Biological Department, Miss 

 K. M. Curtis has been appointed Mycologist and Mr. A. Philpott, 

 P.E.S., Assistant Entomologist. The Library and Museum are 

 under the care of the Curator, Mr. W. C. Davies. The activities 

 of the Institute will be directed towards scientitic research, both 

 pure and applied, with a view to benefiting the primary industries 

 of New Zealand as a whole and of the iS'elson Province in particular. 



