410 Vrocetdings. 



(2.) That the Board consist of the Minister of Internal Affairs (ex officio), three 

 members to be nominated by the Governor, and three members to be elected annually 

 by the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute. 



(3.) That the scientific and historical publications include the " Transactions 

 and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute," the Bulletins of the Geological 

 Survey, the annual reports of all the scientific branches of the Government Depart- 

 ments, and such scientific and historical works as the Government may, on the 

 recommendation of the Board from time to time, order to be printed. 



(4.) That these publications be brought out in certain uniform sizes to be 

 agreed upon by the Board. 



(5.) That the Dominion Museum continue under the Minister of Internal 

 Affairs. 



(6.) That the proposed national gallery of art be a department of the Museum. 



(7.) That there be established in connection with the Museum a national library 

 of scientific works, within which should be gathered all scientific literature avail- 

 able now belonging to Government Departments, and also, if possible, that of the 

 New Zealand Institute. 



(8.) That a Board of Advice and Control be established for the combined 

 institution, of which the Minister of Internal Affairs should be the President, 

 and upon which nine other members should be appointed, including the Mayor of 

 Wellington, the President of the New Zealand Institute, and such other persons 

 as may be nominated by the Governor. All resolutions of the Board to be subject 

 to the veto of the Minister, who shall be responsible to Parliament for the adminis- 

 tration. 



(9.) That the Govei-nment be requested to promote legislation (if necessary) to 

 give effect to the above recommendations. 



(10.) That the Committee regards the erection of a new Museum as a matter 

 of great urgency. 



Mr. Thomson moved, and Mr. Speight seconded, That this meeting 

 respectfully requests the Government to give effect to the recommenda- 

 tions 1-4, inclusive, of the report of the Museum and Scientific Depart- 

 ments Committee of the House of Representatives, presented to the 

 House 10th September, 1912, with the exception of the words in para- 

 graph 3, '' the ' Transactions and Pi-oceedings of the New Zealand 

 Institute.' " — Carried. 



It was proposed by Piofessor P. Marshall, seconded by Mr. Hesse, 

 That paragraphs 5-10, inclusive, of the report of the Museum and 

 Scientific Departments Committee, with the substitution of the words 

 " the library of the Board of Governors " in place of the Avord " that," 

 in the second line of paragraph 7, be' adopted, except that' in para- 

 graph 8, line 4, after the word " President," and before the words 

 "of the New Zealand Institue," there be inserted the words " and two 

 representatives." — Carried. 



Mr. Thomson read letters from the Prime Minister (dated 23rd 

 December, 1912) saying that the matter of the proposed Scientific Board 

 of Advice would be considered by Cabinet at an early date; and from 

 the Hon. the Minister of Internal Affairs (24th January, 1913) stating 

 that the preparation of a Bill making provision for the conduct and 

 control of the Dominion Museum, and separately for the control of 

 the scientific publications published under authoritv in New Zealand, 

 was contemplated. 



Fishes of Nev; Zealand. — With reference to the proposed catalogue 

 of fishes, Mr. Thomson reported that on the 4th August, 1912, he asked 

 the following question in the House of Representatives : — 



Mr. G. M. Thomson asked the Minister of Marine, Whether he will take the 

 requisite steps to have a full and illustrated catalogue of the fishes of New Zea- 

 land prepared and printed? (Note. — The knowledge of this important group of 

 the fauna of New Zealand is in a very imperfect and scattered condition, while 

 the Dominion possesses in Mr. Waite, Curator of the Canterbuiy Museum, the most 

 competent ichthyologist in the Southern Hemisphere.) 



