XXXVII. 



Professor Kirk : I am prepared to withdraw the motion should 

 ■the Hobart representatives desire it. 



Dr. T. S. Hall : I may point out that exactly the same difficulty 

 occurred at Brisbane before the meeting in Melbourne, owing to 

 some carelessness on the part of the ofhcial in Melbourne who 

 ought to have looked after it, and it was not until after Brisbane 

 had been reached that it was found that the invitation should 

 have been sent. It was only through one of the Melbourne men taking 

 on himself the duty of inviting the Congress to Melbourne that 

 enabled the difficulty to be got over. I may say that we all fully 

 expected that the Association would go to Hobart next. (Hear, 

 hear.) 



The President : If we take it that both invitations are before 

 us it will be necessary for the Council to decide which invitation 

 shall be accepted for that particular year. 



Mr. Wright : Before I left Christchurch, the Canterbury 

 Philosophical Institute had the idea that you were going to New 

 Zealand, and as far as the Canterbury Institute is concerned they 

 are prepared to help the Association at the next meeting. I know 

 they more than half expected you were going to New Zealand 

 next time. 



The President : Do I understand you are speaking for New 

 Zealand or Christchurch ? 



Mr. Wright : I am speaking for New Zealand generally. I 

 support the motion as far as Wellington is concerned. 



Colonel Legge : To bring the matter in a businesslike form I 

 move — ^That the meeting of the Association next following the 

 Melbourne meeting be held in Hobart. (Applause.) 



Professor Skeats seconded the motion. 



Porfessor Kirk : I desire to withdraw the invitation to 

 Wellington, and would like to state that those who represent 

 Wellington at the next meeting will certainly again bring forward 

 the motion, and it will not lack heartiness. (Applause.) 



The President : The applause that has greeted those remarks 

 shows that the Council will be glad to have that invitation renewed 

 at a later date. (Hear, hear.) There is only one motion before 

 us^ — that the meeting be held at Hobart — and I have pleasure in 

 declaring it carried. (Applause.) 



Report of Rules Sub-Committee : 



Alterations and Additions to Rules (See pages xlvii to 

 Ixxii). 



The Permanent Honorary Secretary : At the last meeting 

 a sub-committee was appointed to consider the rules. It met, and 

 now submits the following recommendation. In Rule 4 it is pro- 

 posed to add " Matriculated students attending the University in 

 the State in which the meeting is being held may become Associates 



