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coast. He was accoaiipanied by Mr. G. E. Archey, assistant curator 

 of the Canterbury Museum, and by Dr. Th. Mcrtensen, of the 

 Zoological Department of the Copenhagen Museum, who was 

 visiting New Zealand at the time for thei purpose of zoological 

 research. By the kind permission of the Minister cif Marine, and 

 with the hearty co-operation of Captain Bollcns, in command of 

 the vessel, special facilities were given for dredging at numerous 

 suitable places. All the lighthouses round the coast of the North 

 Island were visited, and dredgings were made in the Bay of Plenty, 

 Hauraki Gulf, near the Three Kings, at the Gannet Rocks, and at 

 several other places. Many specimens of marine invertebrata were 

 collected, speciallv of the Hydrozoa, Echinodemia, Crustacea, and 

 Mollusca. Some of these have already been described in papers by 

 various authors, and the Echinoderma will form the subject of a 

 special report now being prepared by Dr. Mortensen. 



Owing to the special conditions arising as a result of the vv'ar, 

 the work of examining the collections made and of securing publi- 

 cation of the results has been very greatly hindered, and no O'ppor- 

 tunity of making further investigations off the coast of New Zea- 

 land has offered itself. 



In the last statement of accounts made, a credit balance of 

 £13 7s. was reported to be still in the hands of the honorary secre- 

 tary for the work of the Committee. The expenses incurred since 

 then amount to £3 10s., leaving a balance of £9 17s. 



The Committee regrets to report the death of Mr. Augustus 

 Hamilton, who had been a member from the establishment of the 

 Committee in 1904. The Committee has also been deprived of the 

 services of Mr. Edgar R. Waite, owing to his removal to the South 

 Australian National Museum, Adelaide. The Conamittee recom- 

 mends that it be re-appointed, that the vacancies be filled by the 

 appointment of Mr. G. E. Archey, M.A., assistant curator of the 

 Canterbury Museum, and Mr. W. R. B. Oliver, F.L.S., assistant 

 at the Dominion Museum, Wellington, and that the balance of 

 £9 17s. be placed at its disposal. 



SECTION I. 



Anthropometric Research Committee. 



{By Dr. Mary Booth, Secretary to the Committee-) 



The Committee, which was re-appointed at the Melbourne meet- 

 ing in 1913, after the adoption of its report, applied itself to the 

 task of securing the adoption of its recommendations by those 

 making amthropometric surveys in the Commonwealth and New 

 Zealand. Considerable time was spent in perfecting practical 

 details, particularly in regard to the type and use- of instruments, 



