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The Council has also had under consideration the question of a general 

 scientific survey of the outlying islands of New Zealand, for the purpose 

 of increasing our knowledge of the magnetic distribution and of the botany, 

 geology, and zoology of the islands. The Council is assured of the hearty 

 support of the Otago, Wellington, and Auckland Institutes. The Council 

 is of the opinion that it is not feasible to carry out the survey tliis year 

 with the fullness demanded by a work so important, but strongly hopes 

 that the survey may be undertaken at the close of next year. A deputa- 

 tion from the Council, which recentlj^ waited on the Hon. the Minister of 

 Lands to confer with him on the matter, received a sympathetic hearing 

 and a promise to bring the matter before the Cabinet in due course. 



Much attention has been paid by the Council to the library during the 

 year. Mr. Edgar R. Waite has been appointed Honorary Librarian. A 

 considerable number of books and periodicals have been added and some 

 new shelves have been erected in the library. Steps have also been taken 

 to procure certain parts of journals and periodicals which are missing 

 from the library. A new system of checking the books and periodicals 

 borrowed by members has been introduced, and the Council trusts tliat it 

 may receive the hearty co-operation of the members of the Institute in 

 preserving the library and adding to its usefulness. 



During the year twenty-seven new members have been elected, and 

 the total membership of the Institute is now l-tB, including four life members. 

 The average atteiadance at the meetings has been forty-five. Five ad- 

 dresses have been given, and nineteen papers have been read. The latter 

 may be classified as follows : Botany, 7 ; chemistry, 3 ; mathematics, 2 ; 

 physics, 1 ; zoology, 6. 



The balance-sheet shows that after contributing £50 to the Hutton 

 Memorial Fund, expending £47 13s. Id. on the library, and renewing the 

 sum of £50 on fixed deposit, there remains a credit balance of £36 8s. lid. 



The thanks of the Council are due to the Board of Governors of Can- 

 terbury College for the use of rooms, and to Mr. G. E. Way for his continued 

 services as Honorary Auditor. 



Papers. — 1. " On the Musci of New Zealand : Genus T^e- 

 motodon," by Mr. R. Brown. 



2. " Notes on the Callianassidce of New Zealand," by Dr. 

 Chilton. 



3. " Dates on which Introduced Birds have been liberated, 

 or have appeared, in DiSereiit Districts of New Zealand," by 

 Mr. J. Drummond. 



4. " On Isogonal Transformations : Part I," bv Mr. E. G. 

 Hogg, M.A. 



5. " On the Sudden Appearance of a New Character in an 

 Individual of Leptospernnwi scoparium," by Dr. L. Cockayne. 



Election op Officers for 1907. — President — Dr. F. W. 

 Hilgendorf ; Vice-Presidents — Dr. L. Cockayne, Mr. R. Speight ; 

 Honorary Secretary — ]\Ir. E. G. Hogg ; Honorary Treasurer — 

 Dr. Chilton ; Council— Dr. Evans, Dr. Farr, Mr. J. H. Howell, 

 Mr. R. M. Laing, Mr. J. B. Mayne, Mr. Edgar R. Waite ; Hom- 

 yrary Auditor — Mr. G. E. Way. " 



