392 TIMEHRI, 
The Assistant Secretary read a communication from 
the Government informing the Society that an item of 
$500 would be placed on the Draft Estimate for the 
coming financial year for prizes at an Horticultural 
Show as requested by the Society. 
In reply to Mr. Watt’s question of which notice had 
been given at the previous meeting, as to whether Mr. 
Quelch’s conneétion with Zimehrz was interfered with 
by the change of editorship during his absence, © 
The Chairman said that as far as he could gather Mr. 
Quelch had resigned his post on the Journal before 
leaving, as might be seen from the following extraét 
from his letter to the Direétors, dated Jany. oth last :— 
‘“ | have also to bring to your notice the question of 
editing the Society’s Journal. Soon after my arrival 
in the colony to take up the position of Curator, 1 was 
asked by the Dire€tors to undertake the editing of the 
Journal, after the resignation of Mr. im Thurn, and 
fur the last six years Timehri has been edited 
by me gratuitously, and though the editor labours 
under a special difficulty of getting papers suitable and 
of sufficient merit for the Journal—a difficulty which 
perhaps none but he can fully estimate, I think | may 
claim that the Journal has fully maintained if it has not 
advanced its position. My absence from the colony 
during two issues will, it seems to me, necessitate my 
resignation of the editorship; and as | have already 
occupied the position for six years, in comparison with 
Mr. im Thurn’s five, it will be as well perhaps that a 
change be made.” 
Continuing, the Chairman said that it appeared from 
this that Mr. Quelch had completely resigned the editor- 
