68 Procecdmgs. 



No replies of any kind weie received from any subscriber. 



The following correspondence then took place between the Wellington Hector 

 Memorial Committee and the Standing Committee of the New Zealand Institute : — 



SiE, — Hector Memorial Committee. 20th June, 1910. 



At a meeting of the Hector Memorial Committee, Sir Robert Stout 

 presiding, it was resolved that a copy of the circular to subscribers to the fund, 

 dated 18th April, 1910, be sent to the New Zealand Institute, with the addi- 

 tion of the words "including physiology" after the word "zoology" in con- 

 dition 3; and after condition 2 the words "The Governors may also cause a 

 medal to be struck in connection with this memorial, and may decide under 

 what circumstances it shall be from time to time awarded." 



I am directed to inquire whether the Institute will, under the terms of the 

 amended circular, undertake the management of the Hector Memorial Fund, 

 and in the event of your reply being in the aHirn)ative, to ascertain your wishes 

 as to the custody of the funds in hand. 



Yours faithfully, 



B. C. Aston, Hon. Secretary. 



The President, New Zealand Institute, Wellington. 



The President of the Institute thereupon cucularized .ill mcinbers uf the Jioaid 

 of Governors as under : — 



Sir, — New Zealand Institute, Wellington, 24th June, 1910. 



The President of the Institute has received a letter from the Hector 

 Memorial Committee, asking if the Institute will undertake the management 

 of the Hector Memorial Fund in terms of the amended circular enclosed. 



The President desii'es me to ascertain by application to each Governor of 

 the Institute whether he is willing that the Board of Governors should ad- 

 minister the fund. The conditions of the circular are such that most of the 

 details of the administration may be provided for by regulation to be made at 

 the next annual meeting of the Board. Your reply merely in the affirmative 

 or negative is therefore only desired at present. 



in case the majority are in the affirmative, the President proposes to 

 accept the fund from the Hector Committee, and to consult the Standing Com- 

 mittee as to the future investment of it. 



YcHU'.s t'aitlifully, 



U. {'. Aston, Secretary. 



Si.xteen Governors replied to the circular, three (iu;ilifying their replies by sug- 

 gesting the inclusion of other subjects ; in all other instances the replies were in 

 the affirmative, and unqualified. 



The following minute of the Standing Committee, dated 13th July, 1910, 

 was duly communicated to Sir Roliert Stout, Chairman of the Hector Memorial 

 Committee : "It was resolved that the inquiry of the Hector Memorial Committee 

 as to whether the Board of Governors would be willing to undertake the manage- 

 ment of the fund be answered in the afliirmative, and that the Hector Committee 

 be inform.ed that the Institute is prepared to accept the custody of the fund 

 foii^hwith." 



On 13th August the following inquiry was addressed to the Wellington Hector 

 Memorial Committee by the Standing Committee : — 



1. Whether it is the desire of the Hector Memorial Committee that the 

 medal should go to the recipient of the Hector Prize, or that a portion of the 

 whole of the fund may be awarded to another individual. 



2. Condition .5, last paragraph : The Standing Committee suggest that 

 this might be amended by the addition of the wurds "or be devoted towards 

 the fui'therance of the cause of that science witti which the name of tlie 

 recipient of the prize was most intimately associated." 



This was dealt with on the same day by the Hector .Memorial Connnittee in the 

 following minute, which was duly comnumicated to the Standing Committee : "It 

 was decided to inform the Institute — (1) That it is the Committee's intention that, 

 if an award is made, the medal and prize should go to the same individual in each 

 year, and that the money awarded should not be divided among several recipients : 

 and (2) that the Committee agree to the addition of tlie words quoted alx)vc to 

 condition 5, last pai'agraph, of the amended circular of bSth .\pril." 



On l.'')th .'Vugust Messrs. Chapman, Skerrett, Wylie, and Tiipp were instructed 

 by the W'ellington Hector Menuirial Connnittee to liand ovei to the Board of 

 Governors of the Institute the funds collected, and on KUli September the transfer 

 was completed. 



