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1864; and the Press, another daily paper, is printed by one of Ericsson’s 
calorie engines. 
Steam eranes have been in use upon the railway wharf at Heathcote 
for nearly three years. 
It may be mentioned, that amongst the items of intelligence brought by 
the last September mail, is the erection of steam cranes on the quays at Paris. 
A powerful steam engine is in use on Timaru beach, for hauling up the 
cargo boats used in the lighterage service. 
And here I must conclude this brief but, I trust, tolerably comprehen- 
sive sketch of the present state of applied science in Canterbury. If, on 
the one hand, there are many shortcomings to be regretted, I think it may 
also be said that, as yet, we have made few mistakes; whilst with scanty 
means, and a comparatively small population, we have succeeded in intro- 
ducing amongst us, and making familiar as * household words," most of the 
great inventions of the civilized world. We have our telegraph through the 
country, and our submarine cable connecting our eapital with the seat of 
Government in the Northern Island. We have our great tunnel in con- 
struction, and our road across the New Zealand Alps. We have our gold 
fields, our coal mines, our foundries, our broad acres tilled with the steam 
plough, our clipper steamers, our mail coaches, and our locomotive railways, 
and we have all this in a country which fifteen years ago was an almost 
unknown land, but which is now, by God's blessing, the happy home of 
prosperous thousands of our fellow-men. And let me impress on your 
minds that this measure of success has been due in no small degree to the 
superior education of Canterbury men, as compared with that of the usual 
class of settlers in a new country, and to the stimulus given to applied 
science in Canterbury by the prosecution of the trigonometrical survey, the 
establishment of permanent departments of publie works, of geology and 
natural history, and the appointment of a board of education as one of the 
departments of the Provincial Government; and, in conclusion, let me 
earnestly hope that every member of the Institute will endeavour to realize 
the responsibility which rests upon him, to do all in his power to carry on 
the work so well begun, and that each succeeding year will bring fresh 
subjects of interest to record, and fresh successes to incite us to greater 
exertions in behalf of science and of our adopted country. 
