XVIII 



Next (Sixteenth) Meeting, Wellington, New Zealand, 

 January, 1923. 



The Permanent Honorary Secretary read the following letter : — 



New Zealand Institute, 



Wellington, 4th October, 1920. 

 On behalf of the New Zealand Institute, I beg to tender to the Australasian 

 Association for the Advancement of Science a very hearty invitation to hold its 

 meeting, which I understand is to be in January, 1923, in Wellington. 



I can assure the members that they will receive a very cordial reception, and 

 every endeavour will be made to make the meeting a complete success. 



(Signed) Thomas H. Easterfield, 

 I President. 



On the motion of Professor Cotton, seconded by Professor Benson, 

 both of the New Zealand University, who extended a cordial invitation, 

 the following resolution was carried unanimously : — 



That the next meeting take place at Wellington, New Zealand, in 

 January, 1923. 



It was reported that no reply had been received from Perth, Western 

 Australia. 



See also Resolution concerning ^Jlaces of future meetings at p. xix. 



Changes in the Secretariat. 



The following report re Changes in the Secretariat was made by the 

 General Secretary. 



1. Local Secretary for Tasmania and General Secretary for the Hohart 



Meeting. 



Early in October, 1920, Professor T. Thomson Flynn found it 

 necessary to leave Hobart until mid-December. With the consent of 

 the Local Council, he had j^reviously instructed Mr. R. S. Burdon, 

 B.Sc, of the Tasmanian University, in the duties of his office, with 

 the view to the latter co-operating in undertaking the duties of Local 

 Secretary for Tasmania and General Secretary for the Hobart Meeting. 

 It is very fortunate that Tasmania was able to secure, at short notice, 

 the services of a gentleman so eminently suitable for the duties of 

 the position. 



2. Local Secretary for Victoria. 



[a) Our great loss through the death of Dr. T. S. Hall, Local 

 Secretary for Victoria, was reported in the Provisional Report of 30th 

 September, 1918. 



(&) On the 2.5th August, 1919, it was notified, on the nomination 



' of the President elect, and with the approA^al of the Great Officers of 



the Association, to Dr. A. C. D. Rivett, of the University of Melbourne, 



