436 Proceedings. 



Meetings of the Insfitufc. — Nine meetings of the Institute have been held 

 during the year, at which the following addresses have been delivered : " Heredity 

 Comnumity" (ex-presidential address), by Mr. A. M. Wright; "Sleeping Sick- 

 in Relation to Stock-breeding," by Mr. A. Grant-Watson; "The Chemist and the 

 ness," by Dr. P. H. Koss, Jiacteriologist to the East African Protectorate; "The 

 Oscillograph," by Mr. P. H. Powell: "Picture-galleries and AJuseums, their 

 Lighting and Arrangement," by Mr. S. Hurst Seager, F.E.I.B.A. ; "The Cost of 

 Living, with Special Reference to the Gold-supply and the General Level of Prices," 

 by Dr. J. Hight. In addition to these, twenty-three papers of more technical 

 character have been submitted. These may be classified as follows : Chemistry, 3; 

 geology, 8 ; physics, 1 ; mathematics, 1 ; zoology, 1 ; botany, 4 ; miscellaneous, 3. 



Membership. — During the year twelve members have been elected and ten have 

 either resigned or been struck off, so that the number on the roll of the Institute 

 now stands at 185. 



Balaiirf-.^Iieef. — The balance-sheet shows a credit on the [nstitute's ordinary 

 account of €33 17s. 8d., and on the Tunnel Account of £140 6s. lid. The sum 

 of £100 has been paid off the account with the Government Printer for publishing 

 the " Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand " : £58 19s. 7d. has been spent directly 

 on the library; the cost of the jubilee celebration was £54 6s. 6d., which was 

 more than met by donations from members. 



P(/pei.-<. — \. "Classification of Verse," by Johannes C. Andersen. 



2. " New Zealand Bird-song," by Johannes C. Andersen. 



3. " Notes on New Zealand Fislies : Pt. 3," by Edgar R. Waite. 



4. "On Steiner's Envelope," by E. O. Hogg. 



5. " New Species of Tertiary MoUv.ica,'' by Henry Suter. 



6. "Action of Phosphorus on Copper .Sulpliate," by H. Rands; 

 coniinunicated bv Dr. W. P. Evans. 



7. " Chemistry of Flesh Foods : Pt. 1," by A. M. Wright. 



8. " New Plant-habitats (VIII)," by Dr. L. Cockayne. 



9. " Redcliff Gully, Rakaia River," by R. Speight. 



10. " On a Shingle-spit in Lake Coleridge," by R. Speight. 



11. " Some Physiographical Features of the Lake Coleridge District," 

 by R. Speight. 



Election of Officers fur 1913. — The following were elected officers : 

 President— Dy . Charles Chilton; Vice-Presidents— U.v. S. Page, Mr. H. 

 Suter; Hon. Secretary — Mr. A. M. Wright; Hon. Treasurer — Mr. R. 

 Speight; Hon. Librarian — Mr. Edgar R. Waite; Council — Dr. C. 

 Coleridge Farr, Dr. L. Cockayne, Mr. A. D. Dobson, Dr. F. W. Hilgeji- 

 dorf, Di-. W. P. Evans, Mr.'R. M. Laing ; Hon. Auditor— Mr. G. E. 

 Way, F.I.A.N.Z. 



