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 red tape and to see that the work of the Institute was not 



ed by eocimercialisni in spirit. He then introduced Professor 

 Easterfield as first lecturer on behalf of the Institute. 



At the conclusion of the lecture, the Mayor (Mr W. Wallace 

 Snodgrase) moved that a vote of thanks be accorded to the 

 lecturer, and said the address had been all too short, and that he 

 was sure all those present would have been glad if, the 

 Professor had continued longer. He expressed the opinion 

 that the Professor had given a very true estimate of the feelings 

 which had actuated Mr. Cawthron in making the grand bequest he 

 had to Nelson. He (the Mayor) had been an intimate friend of 

 the late Mr. Cawthron, and knew that he had a great heart, which 

 was specially tender towards the people of his own town. The 

 Mayor complimented the Trustees upon selecting Professor Easter- 

 field to give the inaugural' address. 



The Hon. A. T. Maginnity, who seconded the motion, said 

 that a kindly thought must be in every mind for the gentleman who 

 had conferred so great a benefit upon the community in which he 

 had spent the greater part of his life, and this benefit would descend 

 to their children's children. 



The motion was carried by acclamation, and after Professor 

 Easterfield had briefly replied, the meeting closed with the 

 National Anthem. 



