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urge upon the Tasmanian Government to endeavour to put a stop to the 

 slaughter of penguins, especially the king penguins, on the Macquarie 

 Islands. The Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science has 

 been requested to co-operate. Your Council has received the sympathetic 

 reply from the Premier of Tasmania that " ihe matter will receive con- 

 sideration, and that the lessee of the islands will be requested to take steps 

 to protect the king-penguin." Fourth : This Institute learns with gratifica- 

 tion that the Philosophic Institute of Canterbury proposes to organize 

 a complete scientific survey of the southern islands in connection with an 

 extension of the magnetic survey of New Zealand, and that the Hon. 

 the Minister of Lands has given a sympathetic reception to the deputa- 

 tion that recently waited upon him in regard to the subject. Your Council 

 will cordially support the efforts of the sister Institute to obtain a magnetic, 

 zoological, botanical, and geological survey of these islands. 



At the commencement of the year circulars were distributed to our 

 members, as well as to those of other scientific societies, drawing attention 

 to a fund which was started by the Canterbury Philosophical Institute 

 to commemorate the work of Captain Hutton. We regret that the response 

 of our members to the request for subscriptions was very meagre. The 

 proposed memorial is to take the form of a medal for excellence in scientific 

 research, and is one that deserved a much greater degree of support than it 

 has received. Your Council contributed a sum of £50 to the fund, which 

 has, we are glad to see, received a subsidy from the Government. Your 

 Council also subscribed £25 to the fund for housing Dr. Hocken's valviable 

 gift to the colony, and trusts that it may in a few years' time see that 

 library installed in a wing to be added to the Museum. 



The list of members of the Institute has received a considerable addi- 

 tion during the year, thirteen new members having been elected. Un- 

 fortunately, this is partly countered by the removal of members by death 

 or resignation, so that the total now stands at 111. 



As in recent years, a popular lecture was delivered by a non-member. 

 Our efforts to persuade Sir James Hector to come to Dunedin and give us 

 an account of his early experiences in the colony were ineffectual, but 

 his successor in the post of I hector of the Geological Survey (Dr. Bell) 

 gave an interesting illustrated lecture on " The Far Canadian North," 

 which was fairly satisfactorily attended. 



Mr. J. C. Thomsorj (Hon. Treasurer) submitted a duly audited 

 balance-sheet, from which it appeared that the receipts for the 

 year, including a balance of £52 5s. 5d., amounted to £176 2s. 4d., 

 and the expenditure to £159 14s. 3d., leaving a credit balance of 

 £16 8s. Id. 



The Chairma,n pointed out that if they had not paid such 

 large sums out of revenue as £50 to the Captain Hutton Memorial 

 and £25 to the Dr. Hocken Library Fund, both of which were 

 quite justifiable, the cash in hand would have been laige. 



The report and balance-sheet were adopted. 



Election of Officers for 1907. — President — Dr. R. Fulton ; 

 Vice-Presidents — Drs. Marshall and Hocken ; Hon. Treasurer — 

 Mr. J. C. Thomson ; Hon. Secretary — Professoi Benham ; Auditor 

 —Mr. D. Brent ; C'oMnci7— Messrs. A. Bathgate, E. E. Collier, 

 G. M. Thomson, D. B. Waters. Professor Malcolm, Professor 

 Park, and Dr. F. Riley. 



